Question

A spinner is spun twice. Find the probability of spinning a 5 then spinning an even number.

Answer 1

1/16

Explanation:

Spinner has 8 sections:

1,2,...8

P(5) = 1/8

P(even) = 4/8 = 1/2

1/8 × 1/2

1/16

Answer 2

1/16

Explanation:

The spinner has 8 equal parts.

The probability of spinning a 5 is: 1/8 (because there is only one 5 to choose and 8 total parts that could be landed on).

The probability of spinning an even number is: 4/8 = 1/2 (because there are 4 even numbers, 2 4 6 8, and there are 8 total parts that could be landed on).

Now, we need to multiply these two probabilities together:

(1/8) * (1/2) = 1/16

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