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2. You and a friend go to the racetrack. Your friend tells you the approximate odds against 5 horses competing in the next race:

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2. You and a friend go to the racetrack. Your friend tells you the approximate odds against 5 horses competing in the next race: Horse Name Odds Seattle Slew 4:1 Man o' War 7:3 Lost in the Fog 17:3 Eclipse 13:2 Sunday Silence 9:1 (a) What are the odds in favor of Eclipse winning the race? (b) For each of the 5 horses, determine the probability that it wins the race. (c) From your work in part (b), do you suspect that your friend forgot to tell you the odds for one of the horses? Explain.

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