SOLUTION: If the odds for pulling a prize out of the box are 3:4, what is the probability of not pulling a prize out of the box? Express your answer as a common fraction.

SOLUTION: If the odds for pulling a prize out of the box are 3:4, what is the probability of not pulling a prize out of the box? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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Question 317437: If the odds for pulling a prize out of the box are 3:4, what is the probability of not pulling a prize out of the box? Express your answer as a common fraction.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Outcomes for pulling a prize are 3.
Outcomes for not pulling a prize are 4.
P(not pulling)=Outcomes for not pulling/Total outcomes
P(not pulling)=4/7
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