Question

A spinner with repeated colors numbered from 1 to 8 is shown. Sections 1 and 8 are purple. Sections 2 and 3 are yellow. Sections 4, 5, and 6 are blue. Section 7 is red.

Spinner divided evenly into eight sections with three colored blue, one red, two purple, and two yellow.

Determine the theoretical probability of the spinner not landing on yellow, P(not yellow).

0.325
0.625
0.750
0.875

Answer 1

0.750

Explanation:

you take a quarter and then you divide and think

Answer 2

0.750

Explanation:

Yellow sections: section 2 and section 3

Number of yellow sections: 2

Number of non yellow sections: 6

Total sections: 8

p(not yellow) = 6/8 = 0.75