Find the odds of an event occurring, given the probability 1/16.

Baconwichsand asked Jun 15, 2023

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Baconwichsand asked Jun 15, 2023

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The odds of an event is defined as follows:

$\text{Odds\_event=}_{}\frac{P_{\text{event}}}{1-P_(event)}$

Therefore, in our problem:

$\text{Odds}=((1)/(16))/(1-(1)/(16))=((1)/(16))/((15)/(16))=(1)/(15)$

Thus, the answer is 1/15

Offir answered Jun 19, 2023

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