Question

A spinner with seven equal sized sections was used to play a game

It was used 250 times in the first game

Of those 250 the arrow landed on section 7 a total of 35 times

The same spinner was used 150 times in the second game

How many times did the spinner most likely landed on section 7 in the second game?

Answer 1

21 is the answer for x

Answer 2

The spinner would have most likely landed on that section 21 times.

Explanation:

To find this, create a proportion. On the right side, make the fraction of amount of time that it landed on section 7 over the amount of times it was spun in total.

35/250

Next do the same for the second situation using x as the unknown value.

x/150

Now cross multiply the two fractions and solve for the unknown.

35*150 = 250*x

5250 = 250x

21 = x