There are 26 tiles in a bag. Of these,15 are purple, and the rest are yellow. What are the odds in favor of drawing a yellow tile?
A) 11:26
B) 15:26
C) 11:15
D) 15:11

Question

There are 26 tiles in a bag. Of these,15 are purple, and the rest are yellow. What are the odds in favor of drawing a yellow tile?
A) 11:26
B) 15:26
C) 11:15
D) 15:11

agent0smith · Answer

How many yellow tiles are there?

How many other tiles are there?

yellow : not yellow   <=== that is your ratio

ilovepuppies · Answer

There are 26 tiles in total and there's 11 yellow tiles in the bag so 11:15 is the chance of getting a yellow tile out of the bag

mjdennis · Answer

@ILovePuppies 
Just to be clear, there is a difference between "odds" and probability.

You correctly figured the _odds_ of the yellow tile, just as the problem asks.
Odds are the ratio "your-choice":"not-your-choice"  (here, 11:15)

But when you added "the chance of getting a yellow tile", THOSE words usually talk about _probability_, which is a little different.  Probability or chance is "your-choice":"all-choices" (here, 11:26)

So, no worries, you got the problem right.  just watch out on the rest of them, whether they ask odds or probability!

ilovepuppies · Answer

Ok