A study was conducted by a certain firm to determine who curses at their computer. The results indicated that % of people age 18-34 years have cursed at their computer. What are the odds against a randomly selected 18- to 34-year old having cursed at his or her computer.

27 : 23

Step-by-step explanation:

A study was conducted by a certain firm to determine who curses at their computer. The results indicated that 46% of people age 18-34 years have cursed at their computer. What are the odds against a randomly selected 18- to 34-year old having cursed at his or her computer.

Solution:

Probability is the likelihood of an event to occur. It is the ratio of the number of outcomes of a given event to the total number of possible outcomes.

Probability is usually between 0 and 1, and the sum of probabilities of all sample points in a sample space is equal to 1.

P(cursed) = 46% = 0.46

P(not cursed) = 1 - 0.46 = 0.54

There the odds against = P(not cursed) / P(cursed) = 0.54  / 0.46

Odds against = 54 : 46  = 27 : 23