SOLUTION: A basketball team won 8 games and lost 7 games. Based on these results:(show work) a. What are the odds in favor of winning a basketball game? b. What is the probability of w

Question 1177114: A basketball team won 8 games and lost 7 games. Based on these results:(show work)

a. What are the odds in favor of winning a basketball game?
b. What is the probability of winning a game, to the nearest hundredth?
c. What are the odds against winning a game?
d. What is the probability of losing a game, to the nearest hundredth?

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
odds winning are 8/7
probability is 8/15=0.53
against winning are 7/8
probability is 0.47
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