What is the probability against a spinner landing on a green space if the spinner had 8 sections and 3 of them are green ? Plz h

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Leto [7]

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What is the probability against a spinner landing on a green space if the spinner had 8 sections and 3 of them are green ? Plz h

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Slav-nsk [51] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-11T20:19:42+03:00

Slav-nsk [51]4 years ago

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3/8 because there are 3 green and in total there are 8 sections

allochka39001 [22] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-11T22:19:51+03:00

allochka39001 [22]4 years ago

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The probability against the spinner landing on one of the 3 green sections is found by dividing the number of non-green sections (8 - 3 = 5) by the total number of sections:
$P(against\ green)=\frac{5}{8}$