1. The probability of getting three heads in five tosses of a coin is .3125. What are...

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1. The probability of getting three heads in five tosses of a coin is .3125. What are the odds of getting three heads?
2. The probability that a graduate of a Big Ten school will eventually earn a Ph.D. degree is .05. What are the odds of a Big Ten graduate eventually earning a Ph.D. degree?
3. The odds of a person in the continental United States living within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean are 2 to 9. What is the probability of such a person living within 50 miles of the Atlantic Ocean?
4. In March 2016, a betting website listed the odds of Hillary Clinton winning the 2016 U.S. presidential election as 2 to 5. According to the website, what was the probability that she would win the election?
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Finite Mathematics and Its Applications

ISBN: 978-0134768632

12th edition

Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair

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