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You spin the spinner and flip a coin. Find the probability of the compound event.

A spinner is divided into 5 equal regions. The sections are labeled 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

The probability of not spinning a 5 and flipping heads is

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Answer:

1/10

Explanation:

The probability of flipping heads is 1 out of 2 or 1/2

The probability of getting a 5 on the spinner is 1/5

The probability of getting both is 1/2 * 1/5 = 1/10

You should try this out by listing all the ways this can happen.

Spinner Coin

1 H

2 H

3 H

4 H

5 H

1 T

2 T

3 T

4 T

5 T

There are 10 ways of this problem giving results. Only 1 of them is correct.

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