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The odds in favour of one student passing at a test are `3:7` The odds against another student passing at are `3 : 5` What are the odds that (i) both pass, (ii) only the first student passes, (iii) at least one of them will pass.

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`1-7/10xx3/8=1-21/80=59/80`
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