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Question: What is the probability of getting a 19 and being executed by the angry mob? Express your answer as a % with 2 decimal places

Answer 1

The pockets of the roulette wheel are numbered from 0 to 36. Low (1-18) and High (19-36) numbers alternate as much as possible.

In the American version of roulette an extra green slot, labelled ‘double zero’ is there. With its addition, the total number of pockets on the American roulette wheel become 38. In the European version of the roulette wheel features 37 pockets, including the numbers from 1-36, and only a single green zero pocket.

In American version the probability of getting "19" ia 1/38= 0.026315789 0.03 and in European version the probability is 1/37= 0.027027027 .0.03. Probability related to being executed by the angry mob can notbe calculated as any additional information is not there regarding execution.