11 (a) Carmen is watching her favorite soccer team playing a match. The odds against her favorite team winning are favorite team winning? 00 X 9 (b) Charlie entered a raffle to win a movie ticket. The probability that he wins a movie ticket is 16 0 0:0 to What is the probability of her Find the odds in favor of him winning a movie ticket.

11 (a) Carmen is watching her favorite soccer team playing a match. The odds against her favorite team winning are favorite team winning? 00 X 9 (b) Charlie entered a raffle to win a movie ticket. The probability that he wins a movie ticket is 16 0 0:0 to What is the probability of her Find the odds in favor of him winning a movie ticket.

Calculus For The Life Sciences

2nd Edition

ISBN:9780321964038

Author:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Publisher:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Chapter12: Probability

Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem

Problem 44E

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