The odds against the horse Bucksnot winning the race are 1:6. What is the probability that Bucksnot will win the race?

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Answer:

5:6

Step-by-step explanation:

when adding the two probabilities together, they should equal 6:6. So, 5:6 is the odds of winning.

The probability is the ratio of the favorable event to the total number of events. Then the probability that Bucksnot will win the race is 5/6.

What is probability?

Probability means possibility. It deals with the occurrence of a random event. The value of probability can only be from 0 to 1. Its basic meaning is something is likely to happen.

The odds against the horse Bucksnot winning the race are 1:6.

Then the probability that Bucksnot will win the race will be

[tex]\rm P = 1 - \dfrac{1}{6}\\\\P = \dfrac{5}{6}[/tex]

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