SOLUTION: there are 5 orange sodas 3 grape sodas 7 root beer sodas and 8 lemon lime sodas in a cooler what are the odds in favor of getting a orange soda write answer as a ratio

Question 1024702: there are 5 orange sodas 3 grape sodas 7 root beer sodas and 8 lemon lime sodas in a cooler what are the odds in favor of getting a orange soda write answer as a ratio
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there are 5 orange sodas 3 grape sodas 7 root beer sodas and 8 lemon lime sodas in a cooler what are the odds in favor of getting a orange soda write answer as a ratio.

you have 5 range sodas and 18 other sodas in the cooler.

that's because 3 grape + 7 root beer + 8 lemon = 18 sodas that are not orange.

the total cans of sodas is equal to 5 + 18 = 23.

the probability of getting an orange soda is 5 / 23.

the odds of getting an orange soda is 5 / 18.

probabililty is what you want divided by total.

odds in favor is what you want divided by what you don't want.

odds against what you want is what you don't want divided by what you want.

the odds against getting an orange soda is 18 / 5.

your solution is that the odds in favor of getting an orange soda is 5 / 18.

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