use the spinner  below to answer the question .assume that it is equally probable that the pointer will land on any o five number spaces.if the pointer lands on a borderline,spin again. find the probability that the arrow will land on an odd number. a)1 b)0 c)2/5 d)3/5 show and explain your work.

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use the spinner  below to answer the question .assume that it is equally probable that the pointer will land on any o five number spaces.if the pointer lands on a borderline,spin again. find the probability that the arrow will land on an odd number.

a)1

b)0

c)2/5

d)3/5

show and explain your work.

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Let X={1,2,3,4,5}  be the event and P(x) is the probability of getting an event X. The event is pointer lying on any one of  the number spaces.

Spinner Value X 1 2 3 4 5
P(X) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Then, the sum of P(X)=1

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