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To find: The theoretical probability of landing on the given section of the spinner.
Answer to Problem 23PPE
The number of odds is
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The given diagram is shown in Figure 1
Figure 1
Calculation:
The objective is to find the probability of odds that are against 2.
Consider the formula for the probability of the event is of the form,
From, the figure the number of favourable outcomes is 1 as out of 6 numbers on the spinner there is only number 2 that is in favour of 2.
The number of unfavourable outcomes is
Then, the odds in against
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