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Do you have an equal chance of landing in either 1 or 4?

Do you have an equal chance of landing in either 1 or 4?-example-1

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Answer:

Yes

Explanation:

Since the circle is split into 6 pieces, we can split the probability of landing on each section into fractions

There is one piece with the number 1 on it, so there is a 1/6 chance of landing on that.

There are 3 pieces with the number 2 on it, so there is a 3/6 chance of landing on it, simplifies that would be 1/2

There is one piece with the number 3 on it, so there is a 1/6 chance of landing on that.

There is one piece with the number 4 on it, so there is a 1/6 chance of landing on that.

Since the pieces with a 1 and 4 on the both have a 1/6 probabilit of landing, there is an equal chance on landing on either tile.

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