There is a spinner with 10 equal areas, numbered 1 through 10. If the spinner is spun one time, what is the probability that the result is a multiple of 5 or a multiple of 2?
A number is a multiple of 5 if and only if it ends in either 0 or 5. A number is a multiple of 2 if and only if it is even, which means it ends in either 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8. So, the numbers that are multiples of 5 or 2 on the spinner are 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10. There are 6 such numbers out of 10, so the probability of getting one of them from one spin is:
P(multiple of 5 or 2) = 6/10 = 3/5
Therefore, the probability of getting a multiple of 5 or a multiple of 2 from one spin of the spinner is 3/5 or 60%.
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I apologize for the mistake in my previous response. Here is the correct solution:
There are 5 multiples of 2 on the spinner: 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. There is 1 multiple of 5 on the spinner: 5. However, the number 10 is a multiple of both 2 and 5. So, there are a total of 5 + 1 - 1 = 5 numbers that are either multiples of 2 or 5 on the spinner.
The probability of getting one of these numbers on one spin of the spinner is:
P(multiple of 2 or 5) = 5/10 = 1/2
Therefore, the probability of getting a multiple of 5 or a multiple of 2 from one spin of the spinner is 1/2 or 50%.
To find the probability that the result is a multiple of 5 or a multiple of 2, we first need to determine the total number of favorable outcomes and the total number of possible outcomes.
Total number of possible outcomes: The spinner has 10 equal areas, so there are 10 possible outcomes.
Favorable outcomes (multiples of 5 or multiples of 2): We need to calculate the number of numbers between 1 and 10 that are either multiples of 5 (5) or multiples of 2 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10).
The numbers that are multiples of 5 and 2 are 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10. There are a total of 6 favorable outcomes.
Therefore, the probability is calculated by dividing the number of favorable outcomes by the number of possible outcomes:
Probability = Favorable outcomes / Total possible outcomes
= 6 / 10
= 0.6
So, the probability that the result is a multiple of 5 or a multiple of 2 is 0.6 or 60%.