In horse race betting, a trifecta bet is one in which you try to pick which horses will finish first, second, and third, in the correct order. If 8 horses are running in a race and you randomly place a trifecta bet, what is the probability of winning the bet

The probability of winning the bet is 1/336

Step-by-step explanation:

We should understand that there is only one possible arrangement of the winning selection

Now, the horse that comes first can be selected in 8 ways given that all the horses have equal chances

The horse that comes second can be selected in 7 ways given that all the horses have equal chances

The horse that comes third can be selected in 6 ways given that all the horses have equal chances

Now the total number of ways of selection would be;

8 * 7 * 6 = 336

Since there is only one of the selections that is correct, the probability of making the correct choice is thus 1/336

the transverse axis of a hyperbola is the line that contains the two vertices and the two focuses.

in this example (hyperbola of equation x^2/2 - y^2/4 = 1), the transverse axis is the  x-axis  . 

step-by-step explanation:

step-by-step explanation:

12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 7 hours.

4: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m. is a total of 3 hours.

this means that from 4: 00 p.m to 7: 00 p.m. this represents 3/7 of what was lost from 12: 00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m.

after knowing this, after doing 11,600 - 6,800 = 4,800

4,800 represents 3/7 of what was lost for 7 hours.

we then divide 4,800 by 3 which gets 1,600.

because we know that 1,600 represents 1/7 of how much water was lost, we just have to multiply by 7, which gets 11,200.   after adding 11,200 to how much water was left at 7: 00 p.m. which was 6,800. 11,200 + 6,800 = 18,000

this means that the pool originally had 18,000 gallons in the pool.

you can also check your work by doing 18,000 - 4(1600), which becomes           1800 - 6400 which gets you 11,600.