SOLUTION: in the american version of roulette, a ball is spun around a wheel and has an equal chance of landing in any one of 38 slots numbered 0,00, 1,2....,36 shown in the figure is a stan

Question 339881: in the american version of roulette, a ball is spun around a wheel and has an equal chance of landing in any one of 38 slots numbered 0,00, 1,2....,36 shown in the figure is a standard betting layout for roulette, where the color of the oval corresponds to the color of the slot on the wheel. find the probability that the ball lands in A) in a black slot and B) in a black slot twice in succession
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A) 18/38 = 9/19
B) (18/38)^2 = 81/361
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Ed
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