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Complete the following problem. You do not need to show work, but please number your answers so that they correspond to the questions below.

A jar of candy contains 115 white, 75 green, 95 blue, 60 yellow, 45 orange, 50 pink and 55 red pieces.

  1. What is the probability of drawing a yellow?
  2. What are the odds in favor of drawing a yellow?
  3. 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?)

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Total = 115 + 75 + 95 + 60 + 45 + 50 + 55 =

A) P(yellow) = 60/495 = 12/99

B) odds in favour = number of favorable / number of unfavorable = 60 / (495 - 60)

= 60/435

= 12/87

Odds = p/(1 - p)

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