SOLUTION: Find the probability of spinning a number on a spinner that the number with be even or a mulitple of 3. The spinner contains numbers 1 to 8. All sections equally divided.

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Question 35139: Find the probability of spinning a number on a spinner that the number with be even or a mulitple of 3. The spinner contains numbers 1 to 8. All sections equally divided.
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, longjonsilver:
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
4 numbers are even 2 4 6 8 & 2 are multiples of 3 3&6 thus there are 6 numbers that meet your requirements.

Answer by longjonsilver(2297) About Me  (Show Source):
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12345678

even: 2468
divisible by 3: 36

Total set of numbers acceptible: 23468
Total number of possibles: 5 numbers out of 8 in total

Probability = 5/8

Jon