Question

There are two spinners. The first spinner has three equal sectors labeled 1, 2 and 3. The second spinner has four equal sectors labeled 3, 4, 5 and 6. The spinners are spun once.

What is the number of possible outcomes that do not show a 1 on the first spinner and show the number 4 on the second spinner?



1. 2

2. 6

3. 9

4. 12

Answer 1

The possible outcomes are

1, 3
1, 4
1, 5
1, 6

2, 3
2, 4
2, 5
2, 6

3, 3
3, 4
3, 5
3, 6

The number of outcomes that doesn't start with 1 and has 4 as the second number is two outcomes = (2, 4) and (3,4)