document.write( "Question 1177115: A basketball team won 8 games and lost 7 games. Based on these results: (show all work)
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Algebra.Com's Answer #805353 by Edwin McCravy(20056)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "\"Probability+=+%28successes%29%2F%28successes%2B+failures%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28matrix%283%2C1%2Codds%2Cin%2Cfavor%29%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%22successes%3Afailures%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28matrix%282%2C1%2Codds%2Cagainst%29%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%22failures%3Asuccesses%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "A basketball team won 8 games and lost 7 games. Based on these results.\r\n" );
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document.write( "successes = 8, failures = 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28matrix%285%2C1%2Codds%2Cin%2Cfavor%2Cof%2Cwinning%29%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%228%3A7%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"%28matrix%283%2C1%2Codds%2Cagainst%2Cwinning%29%29\"\"%22%22=%22%22\"\"%227%3A8%22\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "d. What is the probability of losing a game, to the nearest hundredth?\r\n" );
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document.write( "This is tricky because here losing is a success! lol!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin
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