Question

What is the probability of spinning a three on the first spinner, the color orange on the second spinner, and rolling an even number of the fair number cube?

A. 1/12
B. 1/16
C. 1/24
D. 1/48

Show your work please!!

Answer 1

1/48

Explanation:

First look at the spinner- there is only one three out of six, so the spinner is 1/6

Now looking at the second spinner- there are four spaces and one orange- giving us 1/4

And finally for the die there are six sides and three are even- which is 3/6

And in order to get our final answer we will multiply 1/6 * 1/4 * 3/6 which equals 1/48

Answer 2

D. 1/48

Explanation:

Each event (spinning a 3, spinning orange, rolling an even number) is an independent event, so the overall probability is the product of the three individual probabilities.

For each event,

p(event) = (number of desired outcomes)/(total number of possible outcomes)

p(spinning a 3) = 1/6

p(spinning orange) = 1/4

p(even number) = 3/6 = 1/2

p(spinning a 3 then spinning orange then rolling an even number) =

= 1/6 × 1/4 × 1/2

= 1/48

Answer: D. 1/48