Question

periment consists of spinning the spinner shown. All outcomes are equally likely. Find P(>2). Express yourer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

The Probability of an event happening is the ratio of the number of ways it can happen to the total number of outcomes:

`P=\frac{\text{Number of favorable outcome}}{Total\text{ number of outcomes}}`

Since there are five numbers {1,2,3,4,5}, hence, the total number of outcomes is 5.

The probability required is the probability of numbers greater than 2, P(>2).

The numbers greater than two are {3,4,5}. Hence, the number of favorable outcomes is 3.

Substitute these values into the probability formula:

`P(>2)=(3)/(5)`

The third option, 3/5 is the correct choice.