document.write( "Question 1168976: The manager of a restaurant determined that the odds against a customer ordering dessert are (6/5) . What is the probability of a customer ordering dessert? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Odds in favor = successes:failures = successes/failures\r\n" );
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document.write( "Odds against = failures:successes = failures/successes\r\n" );
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document.write( "probability = successes/(successes + failures)\r\n" );
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odds against a customer ordering dessert are (6/5)
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document.write( "So failures = 6, successes = 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "probability = successes/(successes + failures) = 5/(5+6) = 5/11\r\n" );
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