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There were approximately 10,500 athletes in Bejing and 302 gold medals were given out. With approximately 6.675 billion people in the world, the odds of being an olympic athlete are 636,000 to 1, but to win a gold is an astounding 22 million to 1.
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What was called miracle on ice at the 1980 winter games?
In the 1980 Olympic Games, in Lake Placid, New York, the American Hockey Team won the gold medal after overcoming large odds against the Soviet team. This took place February 22, 1980 and the Soviet's took home the silver, with Sweden trailing behind with the bronze. The U.S hockey team won the gold medal.
Which would best help an audience be more emotionally involved in a televised news story about an Olympic athlete who triumphed against the odds?
video of the athlete during the event
What is the chance of being drafted to the MLB?
The odds of being drafted into the major leagues varies by position. The odds of becoming a pitcher are less than 3 percent. A positional player's odds are less than 6 percent.
What are the odds of making it in the MLB?
1 in 16000
What are the Odds of a triple play?
The odds against having a triple play in a specific inning are more than 10,000 to 1. There are about 5 triple plays every season.
What are the odds for winning the lotery?
The odds of winning are 10,000,000,000, to 1.
Given odds 9 to 7 what are the odds of winning?
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?
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.
What are the odds of winning the megabucks?
Don't know, I'm confused because i want notes about winter and summer olympic sports (mix)
Interpret odds ratio 2.25?
For 2 to 25 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.925926, or;Chance of winning:92.59%
What does the odds ratio of 2.39 mean?
For 2 to 39 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.95122, or;Chance of winning:95.12%
What are the odds of winning the Irish lottery?
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.
What are better odds 3 to 1 or 9 to 1?
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%
How do you express odds of 2 to 1 as a percentage?
For 2 to 1 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.333333, or;Chance of winning:33.33%
What are odds of probability of 9 over 11?
For 9 to 11 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.55, or;Chance of winning:55%
How do you beat odds of 26 to 1?
Not easy:For 26 to 1 odds of winning;Probability of winning:0.037037, or;Chance of winning:3.7%
What is probability if odds are 5 to 3?
For 5 to 3 odds of winning; the probability of winning is 0.375 or 37.5%
