SOLUTION: Find the odds against a randomly chosen household having a cat if the probability of the event that a randomly chosen household has a cat is 0.33

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Question 1107218: Find the odds against a randomly chosen household having a cat if the probability of the event that a randomly chosen household has a cat is 0.33
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the odds against a randomly chosen household having a cat if the probability of the event that a randomly chosen household has a cat is 0.33
p(against) = 0.66
p(for) = 0.33
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Odds against = p(against)/P(for) = 0.66/0.33 = 2:1
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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