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Nitella
8 days ago
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A game spinner has regions that are numbered 1 through 8. If the spinner is used twice, what is the probability that the first n

umber is a 3 and the second is a 5?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Zina [11.9K]8 days ago
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Let P(3) denote the probability of landing on 3 in a spin, and P(5) denote the probability of landing on 5. In probability terms, "AND" signifies multiplication while "OR" indicates addition. We aim to find the probability that the first number is "3" AND the second number is "5." Thus, we identify the individual probabilities and MULTIPLY them. The spinner has numbers ranging from 1 to 8, each appearing once. Therefore, since there is one instance of "3," we have P(3) = 1/8 and similarly P(5) = 1/8. Consequently, the overall probability of P(3 and 5) is 1/8 multiplied by 1/8, which equals 1/64.
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