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A wheel is marked off into 8 sections numbered 1 to 8.
\n" ); document.write( "The numbers 1, 4, and 7 are colored red; the numbers 2 and 8
\n" ); document.write( "are colored blue; and the numbers 3, 5, and 6 are colored yellow.
\n" ); document.write( "You spin the wheel TWICE. . .
\n" ); document.write( "What is the probability of the first outcome being a number
\n" ); document.write( "BETWEEN 5 and 8 exclusive and the second outcome being blue?
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document.write( "The sample space has 8 elements,\r\n" );
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document.write( "{1R, 2B, 3Y, 4R, 5Y, 6Y, 7R, 8B}\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that the first spin is between 5 and 8 exclusive is\r\n" );
document.write( "the probability that it is 6Y or 7R. that's 2 out of 8 or 
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document.write( "The probability that the second spin is blue is the probability that \r\n" );
document.write( "it is 2B or 8B. that's also 2 out of 8 or .\r\n" );
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document.write( "These are independent events, so the probability that both will occur\r\n" );
document.write( "is the product, 
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document.write( "(I have no idea why whoever wrote this problem doesn't reduce fractions\r\n" );
document.write( "but since they didn't, neither did I).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Edwin \r\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "