SOLUTION: What are the odds against an event happening when the probability of an event happening are 75%?

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Question 993777: What are the odds against an event happening when the probability of an event happening are 75%?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
75% = 3/4

there are 3 cases when the event happens out of 4 total

There is 1 case where the event does not happen

Odds against are 1:3

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