14 High Blood Pressure According to the US Centers for Disea

14. High Blood Pressure According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 31% of adults in the United States have high blood pressure. If an adult was selected at random, determine the odds ed BC a) against the adult having high blood pressure. b) in favor of the adult having high blood pressure.

Solution

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31 % adults have high blood pressure - it means 31 person out of 100 having high blood pressure.

a) odds against the adult having high blood pressure - it means in what is the chance of selecting person who does not has high blood pressure

it will be (100-31)/100 = 69/100

b) odds in favor of having high blood pressure will be - 31/100