Question

According to a meteorologist, there is an 85% chance that it will rain today. What are the odds in favor of rain? A. 9:1 B. 17:3 C. 1:9 D. 3:17

Answer 1

your answer is 17:3. if we divide 100% into groups of 5, 17 groups of those 5 = 85%, while the remaining 3 groups (since there is 20) are equal to the 15%. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

B. 17:3

Explanation:

As you can see the odd in favor of the rain are 85%:15% so as you can´t divide this fraction, 85/15, you have to simplify it:

`(85)/(15)`

This can be divided by 3 or 5, since the largest number is 5, so now we can simplify it the most:

`(85)/(5) =17`

`(15)/(5) =3`

So after simplifying it it is 17:3.