Of the 34 plays attributed to a playwright, 13 are comedies, 20 are tragedies, and 10 are histories. If one play is selected at random, find the odds against selecting a tragedy
The total number of plays attributed to the playwright is 34. Out of these, 20 are tragedies.
The number of plays that are not tragedies is the sum of the number of comedies and the number of histories, which is 13 + 10 = 23.
Therefore, the odds against selecting a tragedy are 23 to 20.