SOLUTION: A roulette wheel contains slot numbers 1-36 and a 0 and 00. 18 slots are red and 18 are black. The 0 & 00 are green. Find the probability that the ball lands on red.
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Question 600681: A roulette wheel contains slot numbers 1-36 and a 0 and 00. 18 slots are red and 18 are black. The 0 & 00 are green. Find the probability that the ball lands on red.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 36+2 = 38 slots and 18 of them are red. So the probability is 18/38 = 9/19
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