What odds should a person give in favor of the following events? (a) A card chosen at random from a 52-card deck is an ace. (b) Two heads will turn up when a coin is tossed twice. (c) Boxcars (two sixes) will turn up when two dice are rolled.
a <-round(4/52, 4) * 100
b<-round (1/2 * 1/2, 4) * 100
c<-round (1/6 * 1/6, 4) * 100
As there are 4 aces in a deck of cards the probabily of chosing an ace is 7.69%
The probabilty that 2 heads will turn up when a coin is tossed twice is 25%
The probabilty boxcars will turn up when two dice are rolled is 2.78%