SOLUTION: A spinner has regions numbered 1 through 15. What is the probability that the spinner will stop on an even number or a multiple of 3? Please solve and show work. Thank you.

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Question 977399: A spinner has regions numbered 1 through 15. What is the probability that the spinner will stop on an even number or a multiple of 3? Please solve and show work. Thank you.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find the number of multiples of 3 in the range.
{3,6,9,12,15}.
There are 5 of them.
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Find the number of even numbers,
{2,4,6,8,10,12}
There are 6 of them.
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Now look at numbers that are both.
{6,12}
There are two of those.
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So then,
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