Homework Help: Probability

Posted by LiLY on Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:01pm.

What is the probability of spinning a number greater than 5 OR less than 3 on this spinner?

This problem has a picture of a spinner with 8 sections divided equally. The sections are labeled: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.

Probability - Damon, Monday, February 18, 2008 at 4:27pm
8 equally probable results

success is
1, 2, or 6, 7, 8
or five of the 8 possible sections
so I say 5/8

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