At the National Baseball Batting Contest, the organizers have set up game booths for the contestants. Contestants are pitched 5 fastballs, and they must hit them into a fair zone to count. Richard is one of the contestants. What is the probability of Richard successfully hitting 4 pitches? P(4 hits) = 6/32 P(4 hits) = 8/32 P(4 hits) = 1/2 P(4 hits) = 5/3

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At the National Baseball Batting Contest, the organizers have set up game booths for the contestants. Contestants are pitched 5 fastballs, and they must hit them into a fair zone to count. Richard is one of the contestants.

What is the probability of Richard successfully hitting 4 pitches?

P(4 hits) = 6/32

P(4 hits) = 8/32

P(4 hits) = 1/2

P(4 hits) = 5/32

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