SOLUTION: A single fair die is tossed. Find the odds in favor of a 5.

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Question 865122: A single fair die is tossed. Find the odds in favor of a 5.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 6 sides to a standard number cube (ie a die). There is one way to get what you want (rolling a 5) and there are 5 ways to get what you don't want (not rolling a 5, so rolling a 1,2,3,4, or 6)


So the odds in favor are....


Number of ways of getting what you want: Number of ways of getting what you don't want


1:5


The final answer is 1:5 (this is read aloud as "1 to 5")


One possible page for further reading:

http://www.mathwords.com/o/odds_in_favor.htm