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document.write( "1. Explain the difference between odds and probability.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "odds \"for\" an event (E) = [P(E)/P(not E)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "odds for is the ratio of ways an event can happen to ways it cannot happen.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "odds \"against\" an event (E) = P(E')/P(E)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "odds against is the ratio of ways an even cannot happen to number it can.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(E) is the ratio of # of ways an experiment can succeed <BR>\n" );
document.write( "compared to the sum of ways to succeed plus ways to fail.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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