An investment consultant predicts that the odds against the price of a certain stock will go up during the next week are 2:1 and the odds in favour of the price remaining the same are 1:3. What is the probability that the price of the stock will go down during the next week?

To solve this problem, we need to first understand how odds translate into probabilities and then use the information given to find the required probability.

### Step 1: Understanding the odds

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