Question

If the odds of winning a raffle are 12:258, what is the probability of winning?

12/270
12/258
258/270
258/12

Answer 1

would that be 258/12

Answer 2

answer is in the question

Answer 3

replace : with /

Answer 4

12/258

Answer 5

is this the right way....had it backwards

Answer 6

ya

Answer 7

if p is the probability,the odds of winning is p/(1-p)

Answer 8

258/12 is the incorrect answer
you will get correct answer by solving this
\[\frac{p}{1-p}=\frac{12}{258}\]
do u know how to solve it?

Answer 9

so that would be 12(258+12)=12/270 is that close

Answer 10

yup that is correct :)