algebra

[pboland]

"The odds that an asteroid will one day hit the earth are 1-in-1" What is meant by the statment?
A ratio is a comparison of two numbers (ration of two integers). 1:1 means that 1 asteroid per 10 years.

 

[Denis]

["The odds that an asteroid will one day hit the earth are 1-in-1" What is meant by the statment?]

Means it is a certainty.

[A ratio is a comparison of two numbers (ration of two integers). 1:1 means that 1 asteroid per 10 years.]

What is this? Your answer? Why 10 years?