Question

A board game has a spinner with four different options of how a player can move: move forward 1 space, move forward 2 spaces, move
backward 1 space, or lose a turn. The probabilities of spinning each option are shown below. A. What is the probability of a player moving forward on his or her turn?
B. What is the probability of a player either moving backwards or losing a turn.

Answer 1

The answers are:

A. 7/12

B. 5/12