Consider the experiment of spinning the spinner once. Find the probability that the spinner lands on blue.

Question

A circular spinner is divided into 16 sectors of equal​ area: 5 red​ sectors, 5 ​blue, 4 ​yellow, and 2 green. Consider the experiment of spinning the spinner once. Find the probability that the spinner lands on blue.

There is a probability of ________ that the spinner will land on a blue sector.

​(Type an integer or a simplified​ fraction.)

Answer 1

R = red sector

B = blue sector

Y = yellow sector

G = green sector

n = 16 total sectors (5 reds, 5 blues, 4 yellows, and 2 greens)

P(B) = 5/16

The probability that the spinner will land on the blue sector is 5/16 or 0.3125.