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Alainaaa8

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Sports announcers often refer to a batter in a hitting slump as being due. If they are correct, then it must be the case that
 
  A) a batter's hits are randomly distributed.
  B) a batter's at-bats are related to each other.
  C) a batter's at-bats are independent of each other.
  D) baseball players are acting irrationally.

Question 2

The gambler's fallacy suggests that what happened in the past will influence the present. This is most likely true in which of the following situations?
 
  A) flipping cards from a single deck
  B) tossing a fair coin
  C) the quality of play of a baseball team
  D) horse racing


pallen55

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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