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Suppose the probability of selling a car today is 0.28. Find the odds against selling a car today?
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document.write( "1.  Express the probability as a fraction.  0.28 = \r\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Subtract the numerator from the denominator.  25-7 = 18\r\n" );
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document.write( "3.  Write that number then a colon, then the numerator of the probability.  18:7\r\n" );
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document.write( "4.  You can think of it like the score of a football game, where the predicted\r\n" );
document.write( "score of the game is 18 to 7 in favor of the team representing selling the car\r\n" );
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