The odds in favor of any one student from Mrs. Gibson's class being randomly chosen to attend a field trip are 1:4. What is the probability for each student from Mrs. Gibson's class to attend the field trip? Type your answer as a decimal.

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Talan Walter

22 April, 21:22

The odds in favor of any one student from Mrs. Gibson's class being randomly chosen to attend a field trip are 1:4. What is the probability for each student from Mrs. Gibson's class to attend the field trip? Type your answer as a decimal.

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Marisol Brooks · Answer 1

Odds: yes/no

Prob: yes/total

Odds: 1/4 means there is 1 chance they get to go and 4 chances they don't get to go. This means there are a total of 5 students.

Prob: 1/5 = 0.2