being stupid
you tell me if you fill a thermos with hot soup or hot chocolate put the lid on and then touch it is it hot or cold. odds are it is warm so it is hard to say. but the thermos is an insulator
Probably busted water line, sewer pipe, or septic tank. Then again it might be a natural source, like an Artesian well, but the odds of that are slim.
The odds of your house burning down are pretty small. It happens to just .08 percent of U.S. citizens. - Randy Watson, CLU, BCE August 22nd, 2009 Examiner Article
It totally depends on the level of UV radiation, it can be harmless to bacteria but through unlikely odds can cause mutation. a high level can kill most bacteria, but knowing there probally is one type able to take on this level of radiation.
If all people still acted rationally, corteously and with consideration - nothing much. But since in all likelihood people would still be people, with all their faults and shortcoming odds are society would quickly break down into chaos and anarchy.
In BINGO you play until somebody wins, so it is dependent on the number of people playing. The chances of winning is therefore 1/#, where # is the number of people playing.
1 in 300!
The odds of winning are 10,000,000,000, to 1.
What are the odds of calling a full house playing bingo in 42 numbers?
If the odds are 9 to 7, the chance of winning is 43.75%
If the odds of a horse winning a horse race are 2 to 7 then the odds against that horse winning the race are 7 to 2.
The odds of winning when buying tickets in the New York Lottery are different for different ticket types. The highest odd is 1 in 2.93 and the lowest odd is 1 in 5.14.
For 2 to 25 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.925926, or;Chance of winning:92.59%
For 2 to 39 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.95122, or;Chance of winning:95.12%
The odds of winning the Irish Lottery are 1 in 8,145,060 compare that to the odds of winning the Euromillions which are 1 in 76,275,360 so the Irish Lottery http://www.irishlottery.com/ attracts a lot of players as the odds of winning are much better.
Here are the two for comparison;For 3 to 1 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.25, or;Chance of winning:25%---------------------For 9 to 1 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.1, or;Chance of winning:10%
For 9 to 11 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.55, or;Chance of winning:55%