SOLUTION: The children's game has a spinner that is equally likely to land on any of 4 colors red blue yellow or green what is the probabilty of spinning a red followed by a yellow or yello

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Question 1093603: The children's game has a spinner that is equally likely to land on any of 4 colors red blue yellow or green what is the probabilty of spinning a red followed by a yellow or yellow followed by a red in 2 spins
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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P(red)=1/4
P(yellow)=1/4
spin 1 is joint probability of 1/16, their product
spin 2 is joint probability of yellow and then red, also 1/16
overall it is 1/8, the sum.