Two baseball teams are tied for first place at the end of the season. According to tie breaking rules, one of the teams will be designated as "Team X" and the other as "Team Y." Team X will then choose between two scenarios.


Scenario 1: The tied teams will play two games in Team X's ballpark. Team X must win BOTH games to be declared the champion. Otherwise, Team Y is the champion.

Scenario 2: The tied teams will play one game in Team Y's ballpark. The winner of this game will be declared the champion.
(Refer to tie breaking scenarios 1 and 2.)

If Team X has a 75% chance of winning each game played in its own ballpark and a 50% chance of winning a game played in Team Y's ballpark, which scenario should Team X choose?
A. Scenario 1​
B. Scenario 2
C. Neither scenario is more likely than the other to result in a championship for Team X according to these figures.
I think its C

1 answer

A senario 1