document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1161630>Question 1161630</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A three-colour spinner is spun first and a 6-sided die is rolled after it. What is the probability of getting blue and rolling a 4?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A, 1.24%    B, 5.56%   C, 7.17%   D, 9.82% </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Two possible answers assuming that the die is standard and fair:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One-third time one-sixth is one-eighteenth.  One-eighteenth is a little bigger than one-twentieth which is 5%, so pick the closest answer to 5%. This answer presumes that blue is one of the three colors on the spinner.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the three-color spinner had mauve, goldenrod, and olive as the three colors, then the probability of blue and a 4 is zero.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are actually other possibilities as well.  What if you had a 3-color spinner that consisted of 51 segments, 30 of which were blue, 13 red, and 8 green?  Then you would have a probability of 30/51 times 1/6 or just under 10%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "NEVER assume anything.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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