IF IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PROBABILITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURRING ON A CERTAIN DAY IN A CERTAIN AREA IS .05 WHAT ARE THE ODDS IN FAVOR OF AN EARTHQUAKE?

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michele_laino · Answer

@dan815  please help

dan815 · Answer

What are the answer choices

dan815 · Answer

do you want to just cover into a:b form

dan815 · Answer

convert*

dan815 · Answer

5/100 = 5:95= 1:19

michele_laino · Answer

yes! I think so:
the requested answer is given by the ratio:
probability to have an earthquake/ probability not to have an earthquake=5/95

hartnn · Answer

odds in favor  = number of favorable events/ number of unfavorable events

here, favorable events = 0.05
unfavorable events = 1-0.05 

odds in favor will be = 0.05/(1-0.05)

anonymous · Answer

SORRY GUYS HAD TO TAKE THE DOG FOR HIS MORNING WALK THOUGHT I HAD TIME

miracrown · Answer

May the odds be ever in your favor

anonymous · Answer

I HATE DOING THESE FREAKING PROBLEMS, I PASSED TRIG AND CALC WITH FLYING COLORS AND I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS CRAP

usukidoll · Answer

that's why I bailed out... instructor change at the last minute

miracrown · Answer

Wait ... I see an apple O.O

anonymous · Answer

HUH? LOL

usukidoll · Answer

I was supposed to have a good instructor for Elementary Probability Theory, but bailed because the last minute replacement was junk, so I completed my Calculus studies instead. :)

anonymous · Answer

I'M CONFUSED ON HOW DAN ARRIVED AT HIS RATIOS...

dan815 · Answer

A:B is defined to be A/(A+B)