document.write( "Question 815258: What are the odds of winning a 100 man NFL weekly football pool twice in a 16 team season? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #490878 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( " 100 players in a football pool each week.  
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document.write( "p = 1/100 chances of winning = .01  Losing q = .99
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document.write( "P(winning twice)  =  = .01 to the nearest one-hundredth
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document.write( "p(not winning twice) 1 - .01 = .99
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document.write( "ODDS of winning twice: 1 in a hundred.
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document.write( "Note: The probability of x successes in n trials is: 
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document.write( "P = nCx*  where p and q are the probabilities of success and failure respectively. 
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document.write( "In this case p= .01 & q = .99
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document.write( "nCx = 
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