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Question: The probabilities of John or Paula winning a game are shown in the pie chart. What is the odd of Paula winning the game? Is this a fair game?



A ) 5:5, Unfair
B ) 5:5, Fair
C ) 6:4, Fair
D ) 6:4, Unfair

Steps to derive

1 The odd of Paula winning the game = Number of favorable outcomes : Number of unfavorable outcomes

2 = 6 : 4

3 P (John winning the game) = 0.6

4 P (Paula winning the game) = 0.4

5 Each player has different probability of winning the game.

6 So, the game is unfair game.



Hence the right answer is Option D

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