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A spinner is divided into 5 sections of equal area, with numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 in it. What is the probability of the spinner landing on 7?

User Cari
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Answer:

1/5(1 over 5)

Explanation:

out of the 5 numbers

u can land on 7 one time

User Federico
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Explanation:

You can only get 5 numbers which are : 1, 3, 5, 7, 9.

There is only one occurrence of the number 7. To get the probability of the spinner landing on 7 is given by the occurence of a certain object (7 in this case) divide by the total number of objects.

A spinner is divided into 5 sections of equal area, with numbers 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 in-example-1
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