If the odds of a certain baseball team winning a game is $\dfrac{4}{9}$ and there are 156 games in the regular season, then how many games can they except to win?

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anonymous · Answer

odds are 4:9 meaning the probability of winning is $\frac{4}{4+9}=\frac{4}{13}$

geerky42 · Answer

why 4+9?

anonymous · Answer

they therefore expect to win $\frac{4}{13}\times 156$

anonymous · Answer

@satellite73  can u help me after?

anonymous · Answer

odd of winning is probability of winning divided by probability of losing
another way to think about it is , if the odds are 4:9 then out of 13 games you win 4, lose 9