document.write( "Question 437900: contrator one is twice as likely to win as contractor 3 , contractor two is three times as likely to win as contractor three what are the probabilities of winning for each \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "contrator one(2x) is twice as likely to win as contractor 3 (x)
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document.write( "contractor two(3x) is three times as likely to win as contractor three(x)
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document.write( "what are the probabilities of winning for each 
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document.write( "P(contractor one) = 2/6 = 1/3
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document.write( "P(contractor two) = 3/6 = 1/2
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document.write( "P(contractor three) = 1/6\r
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document.write( "Note: 2/6 + 3/6 + 1/6 = 1 \n" );
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