Question

2) Emily was playing a board game that had a spinner with six equal-sized sections. Three of the sections were red,two sections were blue, and one section was yellow. Find the probability that she landed on a blue section.Total possible outcomes:Number of blues:P (Spinning blue)

Answer 1

The spinner has 6 equal-sized sections.

Therefore, there are a total of 6 possible outcomes.

From the question, there are 2 blue sections.

The number of blues is 2.

The probability of any given outcome is given by

$P=\frac{\text{Number of required outcomes}}{Number\text{ of possible outcomes}}$

Therefore, the probability of spinning blue is given as

$\begin{gathered} P(\text{ spinning blue) = }\frac{2}{6} \\ =\frac{1}{3} \end{gathered}$

The probability of spinning blue is 1/3.