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I suck at math... Trying to figure out a prbability ratio thing...

Posted on 11/17/14 at 6:08 am
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30174 posts
Posted on 11/17/14 at 6:08 am
A is a 40:32,000 chance
B is a 1:70,000 chance

How much more likely is A than B?

I was a 620 Math/740 Verbal on my SATs back in the day day before the day...

Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
126458 posts
Posted on 11/17/14 at 6:10 am to
A is a 1 in 800 chance

B is 1 in 70,000

70,000/800=875


It's 87.5 times more likely




ETA:sorry, typo

ETA 2: Derp. I missed a zero. Placebeaux is right. Mea culpa. I haven't done math in a long long time
This post was edited on 11/17/14 at 6:24 am
Posted by Placebeaux
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Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 11/17/14 at 6:12 am to
87.5% more likely
Posted by ZugZug
Member since Jan 2010
249 posts
Posted on 11/17/14 at 6:12 am to
Use a simpler example to figure out how to do this:

A is a 1:2 chance
B is a 1:4 chance

How much more likely is A than B? Reverse engineer how to get that answer.
Posted by MrBobDobalina
BRo.LA
Member since Oct 2011
3044 posts
Posted on 11/17/14 at 6:46 am to
u suck at math

thats y. u. r. in. trubl.
Posted by lsutothetop
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Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 11/17/14 at 6:53 am to
A: 1/800
B: 1/70000

Likelihood of A compared to B is P(A)/P(B)

(1/800)/(1/70000) = 70000/800 = 87.5

A is 87.5x likelier than B.
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