Question

You spin a spinner with 5 sections: 1 yellow (Y), 1 purple (P), 1red (R), 1 blue (B), and 1 green (G).What is the sample space for one spin of this spinner?

Answer 1

Given:

The spinner has five sections that are 1 yellow (Y), 1 purple (P), 1 red (R), 1 blue (B), and 1 green (G).

Required:

We need to find the sample space for one spin of the given spinner.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sample space = the collection of all sections of the spinner.

`S=\lbrace\text{ yellow, purple, red, blue, green \textbraceright}`
`S=\lbrace\text{ Y, P, R, B, G\textbraceright}`

Final answer:

`\lbrace\text{ Y, P, R, B, G\textbraceright}`

Option D is correct.