Homework Help: Elmentary Math for Teachers II

Posted by Tracy on Friday, February 8, 2013 at 4:32pm.

From a set of eight marbles, five red and three white, we choose one at random. What are the odds in favor of choosing a red marble?

Elmentary Math for Teachers II - Damon, Friday, February 8, 2013 at 4:38pm
5 red out of eight total
5/8 = .625 probability
HOWEVER you said odds, as in betting odds.
That is not probability but the ratio of success to failure
in this case 5/3

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