Question

Justin writes the letter illinois on cards and then places the cards in a hat what are the odds against picking an i

Answer 1

In the question , it is given that , Justin writes the letter illinois on cards and then places the cards in a hat .

Number of i 's are 3 and total number of alphabets are 8.

Probability of getting i is

$= \frac{3}{8}$

And probability of not getting i is

$1- \frac{3}{8} = \frac{5}{8}$

Required odd in against is

$= \frac{probability \ of \ not \ getting \ i}{ probability \ of \ getting \ i}$

$= \frac{5/8}{3/8} = \frac{5/8}{3/8} = \frac{5}{3}$

Answer 2

The odds against picking an i are 5:3, since there are 5 letters that are not i and 3 letters that are.