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Theo is using this spinner to predict the favorite movie genre of randomly chosen students in his school. A spinner with 5 sections labeled action, drama, sci-fi, horror, comedy. If Theo spins the spinner 60 times, how many times should he expect it to land on "Action"? 10 12 15 20

User Slaus
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Answer:

12

Explanation:

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User Baaleos
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Answer:

12 times.

Explanation:

Given:

A spinner with 5 sections labeled action, drama, sci-fi, horror, comedy.

Theo spins the spinner 60 times.

To find: Number of times, out of 60, the spinner lands on "Action".

Solution:


\textrm{Probability}=\frac{\textrm{Number of favorable outcomes}}{\textrm{Total number of outcomes}}

Here, total number of outcomes
=5.

Number of favorable outcomes
=1.

So, probability that the spinner lands on "Action"
=(1)/(5).

Now, Theo spins the spinner 60 times.

So, number of times the spinner lands on "Action"
=(1)/(5)*60=12.

Hence, Theo should expect the spinner to land on "Action"
12 times.

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