document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=148409>Question 148409</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073268620/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the probability that San Francisco plays in the next Super Bowl is nine times the probability that they do not play in the next Super Bowl. The probability that San Francisco plays in the next Super Bowl plus the probabilty that they do not play is 1. What is the probablity that San Francisco plays in the next Super Bowl? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "P(plays) = 9*P(not plays)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(plays) + P(not plays) = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute to solve for P(plays)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9*P(not plays) + P(not plays) = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10P(not plays) = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(not plays) = 0.1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute to solve for P(plays)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(plays) = 9*0.1 = 0.9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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