SOLUTION: the odds against a canidate winning an electionare given at 1 to 4.
A) what are the odds in favor of the candidate winning?
B) what is the probability that the canidate will wi
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Question 181538: the odds against a canidate winning an electionare given at 1 to 4.
A) what are the odds in favor of the candidate winning?
B) what is the probability that the canidate will win the election?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If the odds that he wont win are 1 to 4 or 20%
:
then the odds he will win are 4 to 1 or 80%
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the probability is 80% chance he will win
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this means that 4 out 5 times this election was held under these circumstances, he would win
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