Question: A Major League Baseball scout is checking out a minor league pitching prospect from a AA affiliate team and, using a timer, finds the average

A Major League Baseball scout is checking out a minor league pitching prospect from a AA affiliate team and, using a timer, finds the average speed of his fastball to be 92.3 mph with a standard deviation of 2.3 mph. Assume the pitcher never tires and there is a consistent normal distribution with fastball speeds.

A.) Would you check the timer if it registered 95 mph on the next fastball? Explain.

B.) Would you check the timer if the next 30 fastballs averaged 95 mph? Explain.

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