SOLUTION: The spinner is divided in to 3 equal parts. The numbers of the parts are 1,2,3. You spin the spinner two times. Question= you spin the spinner 1 both times.Find the probability.

Question 382684: The spinner is divided in to 3 equal parts. The numbers of the parts are 1,2,3.
You spin the spinner two times. Question= you spin the spinner 1 both times.Find the probability.
Answer by kingme18(98) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 equal parts means that the probability of spinning any one part is 1/3. So the probability of getting 1 the first time is 1/3, and the probability of getting 1 the second time is still 1/3. Multiply: . The probability is 1/9.
Another way to look at it is all the possibilities. The first number I write will be what we spin the first time; the second will be what we get the second time.
1,1
1,2
1,3
2,1
2,2
2,3
3,1
3,2
3,3
There were 9 possibilities, and only 1 of them had a 1 both times. Thus, the probability is 1/9.
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