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What is the experimental probability of the spinner landing on blue?

What is the experimental probability of the spinner landing on blue?-example-1
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Experimental probability of a blue = 1/12

Theoretical probability of a blue = 1/4 since there are 4 segments of equal area on the spinner. A possible reason for the discrepancy is that the spinner is not on a perfectly horizontal surface - the yellow segment is lower than the blue.
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