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document.write( "Ways to get sum of 5: 1/4,2/3,3/2,4/1-----4 ways<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(sum of 5) = 4/36 = 1/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(not sum of 5) = 8/9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Odds against E = P(not E)/P(E)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Probability against sum of 5 = (8/9)/(1/9) = 8:1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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