Probability
Probability
Level
4
In a given race the odds in favour of four horses A,B,C and D are 1:3 , 1:4 , 1:5 and 1:6 respectively. Assuming that a dead heat is impossible, find the chance that one of them wins the race.
The answer is 0.759.
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1 solution
Probability of those horses= 1/4, 1/5, 1/6,1/7 Therefore it's addition of all of them which is 0.75