Question

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.A spinner is spun 80 times. The results are recorded in the table.Green Orange64 16The relative frequency of the spinner landing on green isequally likely.The relative frequency of the spinner landing on orange isThe two outcomesequally likely.

Answer 1

Relative frequency is the ratio between the total number of a certain outcome occur and the total number of events/experiments.

Since the spinner is spun 80 times and 64 + 16 is 80, the total number of events is 80.

Based on the result, green occurred 64 times. Therefore, the relative frequency is 64/80 or 0.80.

On the other hand, orange occurred 16 times. Therefore, the relative frequency for orange is 16/80 or 0.20.

Since 0.80 and 0.20 are far from each other then, the two outcomes are not equally likely.