SOLUTION: determine the odds against the spinner landing on blue. 3 reds, 2 yellows, 2 blues, and 1 green. Don't quite understand somebody please help
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Question 577755: determine the odds against the spinner landing on blue. 3 reds, 2 yellows, 2 blues, and 1 green. Don't quite understand somebody please help
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 3+2+2+1 = 8 places to land and of these 8 places, there are 2 blues, so the probability is 2/8 = 1/4 = 0.25 (which is a 25% chance)
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