document.write( "Question 852839: Of the 40 plays attributed to a playwright, 12 are comedies, 13 are tragedies, and 15 are histories. If one play is selected at random find the odds against selecting a tragedy. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( " plays: 12 comedies, 13 tragedies, and 15 histories
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document.write( "If one play is selected at random:
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document.write( "P(not selecting a tragedy) = 27/40
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document.write( "odds against selecting a tragedy are:  27:13   
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