SOLUTION: A roulette wheel has 38 slots around the rim. The first 36 slots are numbers from 1 to 36. Half of these 36 slots are​ red, and the other half are black. The remaining 2 slot

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Question 1044017: A roulette wheel has 38 slots around the rim. The first 36 slots are numbers from 1 to 36. Half of these 36 slots are​ red, and the other half are black. The remaining 2 slots are numbered 0 and 00 and are green. If the roulette wheel is spun 266 ​times, predict about how many times the ball will land on 6 or 29.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 2 slots that have a "6" or a "29" on them. The other 36 slots have different numbers.

The probability of landing on "6" or "29" is 2/38 = 1/19

Multiply this probability by the number of trials to get 266*(1/19) = 14

So we expect the ball will land on 6 or 29 about 14 times