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In the first episode of a reality show, contestants had to spin two wheels of fate. Spinning the first wheel determined the remote location where contestants would reside for the duration of the season. Spinning the second wheel determined which "bonus survival tool" they would be allowed to bring, along with a few other necessary items. A tent Matches Desert 4 1 Rainforest 3 1 Mountain peak 1 1 What is the probability that a randomly selected participant spun the second wheel and landed on a tent given that the participant spun the first wheel and landed on mountain peak? Simplify any fractions.

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Final answer:

The probability that a contestant will land on a tent given they landed on a mountain peak is 1, as there is only one option, and each contestant gets only one survival tool.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks to calculate the probability of a randomly selected participant landing on a tent, given that this participant has already landed on mountain peak on the first wheel in a reality show game. To find the conditional probability, we look at the limited sample space where the event of landing on the mountain peak has occurred. Since there is only one such option, and the contestant gets only one survival tool, the probability they get a tent, in this case, is 1 out of 1, or simply 1.

To simplify, we can see this conditional probability as P(Tent|Mountain Peak) = P(Tent and Mountain Peak) / P(Mountain Peak) = 1/1 = 1, which implies that if a contestant lands on the mountain peak, they will definitely get a tent as the survival tool.

Probabilities such as these can be rounded to four decimal places, but in this case, the probability is a whole number, so no rounding is needed. This type of problem involves understanding and applying the basics of probability theory, and it provides a good illustration of how conditional probabilities work.

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Answer:

1/2

Step-by-step explanation:

Taking into account the table, we know that 2 participants spun the first wheel and it landed on a mountain peak and 1 of those participants spun the second wheel and landed on a tent. So, we can calculate the probability as:


P=(1)/(2)

Because there are 2 people on a mountain peak and for one of them landed on a tent.

Therefore, the answer is 1/2