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I guessed “doesn’t matter” but I really want to know why it might be that

I guessed “doesn’t matter” but I really want to know why it might be that-example-1
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I'm sorry, but the spinner that you choose does matter in this case.

For spinner A, there are 5 equal sections with a 1 being in only one of them as well. This gives you a
(1)/(5) chance of landing on the number 1.

For spinner B, there are 6 equal sections with a 1 being in only one of them. This gives you a
(1)/(6) chance of landing on the number 1 - a worse chance than if you were to use spinner A.

So for this question, you have a better chance of landing on number 1 if you choose to use spinner A.
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