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An American roulette wheel has 38 slots; two slots are numbered 0 and 00, and the remaining slots are numbered from 1 to 36. Find the probability that the ball lands in an odd-numbered slot.
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Since every other number is odd, we can simply divide 36 by 2 to get 18. So, there are 18 odd numbers between 1 and 36. \[ \text{Number of odd numbers} = \frac{36}{2} = 18 \] Show more…
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