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Shona spins a spinner with three equal-sized spaces—red, green, and yellow—and then rolls a six-sided die numbered from 1 to 6.

The sample size for this compound event is __ . If instead of three colored spaces, the spinner has four colored spaces, the sample size would be __.


A:6,12,14,18


B:12,14,18,24

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Answer:

a- 18

b- 24

Explanation:

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Answer with explanation:

Sample size--

It is the collections of all the possible outcomes of an event.

(A)

It is given that:

Shona spins a spinner with three equal-sized spaces—red, green, and yellow and then rolls a six-sided die numbered from 1 to 6.

This means that the possible outcomes are given as follows:

(Red,1) (Green,1) (Yellow,1)

(Red,2) (Green,2) (Yellow,2)

(Red,3) (Green,3) (Yellow,3)

(Red,4) (Green,4) (Yellow,4)

(Red,5) (Green,5) (Yellow,5)

(Red,6) (Green,6) (Yellow,6)

This means that the total number of outcomes are: 18

Hence, the sample size for this compound event is: 18

(B)

If the spinner has four colored spaces.

Let the fourth color be: Blue

Then the possible outcomes are given by:

(Red,1) (Green,1) (Yellow,1) (Blue,1)

(Red,2) (Green,2) (Yellow,2) (Blue,2)

(Red,3) (Green,3) (Yellow,3) (Blue,3)

(Red,4) (Green,4) (Yellow,4) (Blue,4)

(Red,5) (Green,5) (Yellow,5) (Blue,5)

(Red,6) (Green,6) (Yellow,6) (Blue,6)

Hence, the total number of outcomes are: 24

The sample size of this compound event would be 24.

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