SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question. If the odds of having complications during surgery in June is 1 to 4, what is the probability of having complications during surgery in June

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If the odds of having complications during surgery in June is 1 to 4, what is the probability of having complications during surgery in June (state your answer as a reduced fraction)?



Answer by richard1234(7193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"Odds" means that, for every x case of complications, there are 4x cases of no complications. Therefore the total probability is .
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