Question

Consider this bag of marbles. What is the probability of drawing a green marble versus the ODDs of drawing a green marble? What is the difference in these two things? Make sure you show work, answer all questions and write in complete sentences.

Answer 1

it is 50%

Explanation:

Answer 2

Probability 50%

Odds 5:5

Explanation:

Probability is calculated as favorable cases divided by total cases.

While odds are calculated as favorable cases divided by (total cases - favorable cases)

Favorable cases (green) : 5

Total cases(green, red and blue): 10

Probability= 5/10 * 100%=50%

Odds = 5:(10-5) = 5:5