Question: Funny Bones Billy plays firstbase for the Watermelon Tangerines Baseball Club. He is trying to get a raise from his baseball team's owner, Wally McMizer.Bully

Funny Bones Billy plays firstbase for the Watermelon Tangerines Baseball Club. He is trying to get a raise from his baseball team's owner, Wally McMizer.Bully earns $400,000 a season but wants $600,000 a season.

According to McMizer's lawyer, Franky Peach, the average first baseman homeruntotals are normally distributed with a mean of 36 and a standard deviation of 11.

a.Determine the probability a first baseman hits more than 40 homeruns.

b.Determine the probability a first baseman hits more than 50 homeruns.

c.Is the probability of hitting more than 50 homeruns unusual? Why or why not?

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