- Odds
Odds are a way of expressing a probability
as the ratio of the number of things that
you are not looking for to the number of things that you are looking for.
So the odds against flipping a coin and it coming up heads are 1:1 = 1(even odds),
because there are 2 sides of the coin and you are looking for only one of
them.
Now here is a problem for you:
What are the odds of selecting a club out of a deck of cards?
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