document.write( "Question 116393: A baseball player with a batting average of 0.300 comes to bat. What are the odds in favor of the ball player getting a hit? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "A baseball player with a batting average of 0.300 comes to bat. \r\n" );
document.write( "What are the odds in favor of the ball player getting a hit?\r\n" );
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document.write( "To find the odds, given the probability:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Express the probability as a fraction in lowest terms.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. Subtract the numerator of step 1 from the denominator in step 1.\r\n" );
document.write( "3. Place the numerator of the fraction in step 1 over the results \r\n" );
document.write( "   of step 2, and reduce to lowest terms, if it's not already in \r\n" );
document.write( "   lowest terms.\r\n" );
document.write( "4. The odds in favor are (numerator of step 3):(denominator of step 3)\r\n" );
document.write( "5. The odds against are (denominator of step 3):(numerator of step 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Express the probability as a fraction in lowest terms.\r\n" );
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document.write( "   .300 = \"300%2F1000\" = \"3%2F10\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "2. Subtract the numerator of step 1 from the denominator of step 1.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    10 - 3 = 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "3. Place the numerator of the fraction in step 1 over the results\r\n" );
document.write( "   of step 2, and reduce to lowest terms, if it's not already in \r\n" );
document.write( "   lowest terms.\r\n" );
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document.write( "   \"3%2F7\" (It's already in lowest terms.)\r\n" );
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document.write( "4. The odds in favor are (numerator of step 3) : (denominator of step 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "   3 : 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "5. The odds against are (denominator of step 3) : (numerator of step 3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "   7 : 3 \r\n" );
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