Homework Help: math

Posted by Carol on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 6:14pm.

Of 47 plays attributed to a playwright 17 are comedies, 18 are tragedies, 12 are histories. If one play is selected random find the odds against selecting a tragedy.

math - Steve, Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 6:20pm
18 of 47 are tragedies
31 of 47 are not

so, the odds against a tragedy are 31:18

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