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What is the probability of either event occurring when you spina spinner with the numbers 1 through 4 which are all evenlyrepresented?Event A: Spinning a prime numberEvent B: Spinning an even numberExpress your answer as a simplified fraction.Enter the answerI

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Event A:

We have that there are 2 primes between 1 and 4: 2 and 3. Then, the probability of spinning a prime number is 2/4 = 1/2

Event B: there are 2 even numbers between 1 and 4: 2 and 4. Then, the probability of spinning an even number is 2/4=1/2

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