Question

Iris is playing a game at the school carnival. There is a box of marbles and each box has a white, a green, and an orange marble. There is also a spinner separated into four equal sections. How many outcomes are in the sample space for pulling a marble out of the box and spinning the spinner?
9
8
16
18
Please give an explanation.

Answer 1

There are 4 colors, White ,Green , Red and Orange. And there is a spinner which has 4 sections.
To see how many there are visually you could write out the outcomes.
-White and section 1-White and Section 2-White and Section 3-White and Section 4
-Green and Section 1-Green and section 2-Green and Section 3-Green and Section 4
-Red and Section 1Red and Section 2Red and Section 3Red and Section 4
Orange and Section 1Orange and Section 2Orange and Section 3Orange and Section 4
When you count them up it equals 16 outcomes.
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