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Odds against
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Odds against event = P(failure) ÷ P(success)
A ratio of the probability that the event will fail to occur (failure) to the probability the event will occur
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Odds against if the outcomes are equally likely
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Odds against event E = (number of outcomes unfavorable to E) ÷ (number of outcomes favorable to E)
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Odds in favor of
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Odds in favor of event = P(success) ÷ P(failure)
Expressed as a ratio of the probability that the event will fail to occur
Liberal Arts I
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Decks in class (28)
# Cards
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2.1 Set Concepts19
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2.1 Practice5
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2.2 Subsets5
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2.2 Practice8
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2.3 Venn Diagrams and Set Operations11
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2.3 Practice11
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2.4 Venn Diagrams with Three Sets and Verification of Equality of Sets1
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2.4 Practice1
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2.5 Application of Sets1
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3.1 Statements and Logical Connectives20
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3.2 Truth Tables for Negation, Conjunction, and Disjunction4
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3.3 Truth Tables for the Conditional and Biconditional6
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3.4 Equivalent Statements8
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3.5 Symbolic Arguments11
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3.6 Euler Diagrams and Syllogistic Arguments5
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8.1 Points, Lines, Planes and Angles23
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8.2 Polygons18
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8.3 Perimeter and Area17
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8.4 Volume and Surface Area19
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11.1 Empirical and Theoretical Probabilities8
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11.2 Odds3
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11.4 Tree Diagrams5
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11.5 OR and AND Problems6
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11.6 Conditional Probability2
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11.7 The Fundamental Counting Principle and Permutations3
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11.8 Combinations1
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12.1 Sampling Techniques and Misuses of Statistics14
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12.2 Frequency Distribution and Statistical Graphs8
