Question

A jar of candy contains 110 white, 85 green, 90 blue, 70 yellow, 40 orange, 50 pink and 65 red pieces

What is the probability of drawing a red?
What are the odds in favor of drawing a red?
Explain how you could have obtained the answer for number 2 by only looking at the answer from number 1. (i.e. How are probability and odds related?)

Answer 1

P(red)= 65/510 12.75% Odd(red)= 65/445 14.61% Odds is the yes/no so the numerator and denominator have to equal the total of the denominator of the probability.