SOLUTION: When looking at the competition in your local soccer league, you figure the odds in favour of your team coming first is 3:4. Determine the probability that you don t come first.
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Question 1180443: When looking at the competition in your local soccer league, you figure the odds in favour of your team coming first is 3:4. Determine the probability that you don t come first.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Odds in favor of coming in first = 3:4 means the probability of coming in first is 3/(3+4)=3/7.
That makes the probability of your NOT coming in first 4/7.
ANSWER: 4/7
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