document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=47507>Question 47507</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the odds against obtaining two (2) heads in a single toss of two coins.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Is it 1/2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Odds against event A\" = [P(not A)]/[P(A)]\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(2 heads) = 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P( not 2 heads) = 3/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore Odds against 2 heads = (3/4)/(1/4) = 3:1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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