Question

The table shows the possible outcomes of spinning the given spinner and tossing a fair coin. Find the probability of spinning a 1 and tossing a head

Answer 1

Considering a six-sided spinner, it is found that the probability of spinning a 1 and tossing a head is of
`(1)/(12)`.

What is a probability?

A probability is given by the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes.

In this problem:

• For the spinner, one is one out of six possible outcomes.
• For the coin, a head is one out of two possible outcomes.

Since the events are independent, the probability of spinning a 1 and tossing a head is given by:

`\text{p}=(1)/(6) *(1)/(2) =(1)/(12)`