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The casino game, roulette, allows the gambler to bet on the probability of a ball, which spins in the roulette wheel, landing on a particular color, number, or range of numbers. The table used to place bets contains numbers, and each number is assigned to a color and a range.

The probability of winning by betting on a color is to be determined.

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Step 1.

The probability of an event is defined as:

 

Total numbers on the roulette table are .  

Now in roulette, there are two colors – black and red.

In a game, there are red color numbers and black color numbers.

It is to be found what the probability of winning by betting on color is.

Require probability is:

 

Hence, the probability of winning betting on a color is .  

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Introductory Statistics
OER Edition, 2013
Openstax
ISBN: 9781938168208

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