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In a casino you get to choose between three games: Game 1: Out of a deck of 52 cards you must get a seven or a red queen. Game 2: With three rolls of a dice you must get at least one 5 Game 3: With 5 tosses of a coin you must get exactly 2 heads. Which of these games gives you the best odds? Game 2 Game 1 Game 3 Games 1 and 3 All games have equal odds

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Carlos Rodriguez <carlos@math.albany.edu>

This problem was contributed by a student in Elementary Statistics. It is offered as it is with no warranty of any kind
Last modified: Wed May 13 12:29:11 EDT 1998