SOLUTION: 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?

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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?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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Odds in favor = successes:failures = successes/failures

Odds against = failures:successes = failures/successes

probability = successes/(successes + failures)

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odds against a customer ordering dessert are (6/5)
So failures = 6, successes = 5

probability = successes/(successes + failures) = 5/(5+6) = 5/11

Edwin