Odds are a million to one that Joe is the one who stole Alexa's car. So, there's no way he did it.

Use the rules of probability to determine the strength of the following argument. In other words, given that the premises are true, how likely is the conclusion?


Weak argument. "No way" means 0 probability, but the probability Joe is guilty, though quite small, is greater than 0.

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