The Cyclones play Baylor on Tuesday. If the probability for the Cyclones winning is 3/8, what are the odds FOR the Cyclones?  3:5 2:3 None of the other answers is correct. 5:3 3:8 8:3

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The Cyclones play Baylor on Tuesday. If the probability for the Cyclones winning is 3/8, what are the odds FOR the Cyclones? 


3:5
2:3
None of the other answers is correct.
5:3
3:8
8:3
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we have given that the probability for the Cyclones winning is 3/8

we have to find the odds for the cyclone

since the probability of an event determined by 

Probability=number of favourable casestotal number of cases                    =38

so no. of favourable cases=3

total number of cases=8

total number of cases =8=number of favourable cases + number of unfavourable cases

                                        =3+number of unfavourable cases

                                     this gives

number of unfavourable cases=5

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