Question

Justin writes the letter illinois on cards and then places the cards in a hat what are the odds against picking an i

Answer 1

The odds against picking an i are 5:3, since there are 5 letters that are not i and 3 letters that are.

Answer 2

In the question , it is given that , Justin writes the letter illinois on cards and then places the cards in a hat .

Number of i 's are 3 and total number of alphabets are 8.

Probability of getting i is

`= (3)/(8)`

And probability of not getting i is

`1- (3)/(8) = (5)/(8)`

Required odd in against is

`= (probability \ of \ not \ getting \ i)/( probability \ of \ getting \ i)`

`= (5/8)/(3/8) = (5/8)/(3/8) = (5)/(3)`