You place a bet on the number 21 in roulette. the probability of winning is 1 38 , and the company hosting the casino night for a city fundraiser gives the payoff odds as 35: 1. what are the odds that the ball will land on the number 21? 1: 21 1: 38 1: 37 1: 35

Answer-

The odds that the ball will land on the number 21 is 1:37 .

Hint-

Definition of odds-

Odd is expressed as the ratio of number of favorable events to the number of unfavorable events.

Definition of probability-

Probability is expressed as the ratio of the number of events favorable to a specific event, to the total number of events.

Solution-

If A is the event of landing of ball on 21, then given that

Here, it is the favorable event.

The probability of not landing on 21 is,

Here, it is the unfavorable event.

Now,

Odds that the ball will land on the number 21 =

{3 + i, 3 - i, 3, -1}

step-by-step explanation:

if a = 1,   and b = 2, then the answer is 47.99999999. if you round that to the nearest whole number, the answer is 48.