Question

Carmen has bought tickets for a raffle. The probability of her winning is 1/5What are the odds in favor of her winning

Answer 1

The probability is 20%.

Explanation:

convert the fraction into percentage.

Answer 2

The probability of her winning is 1/5.

We have that odds in favor of a particular event are given by Number of favorable outcomes to Number of unfavorable outcomes. This is:

`P=\frac{\text{favorable outcomes}}{unfavorable\text{outcomes}}`

Therefore, odds in favor of the winning is

`1\colon4`

Answer: 1 : 4