A spinner has 8 equally sized sections, 6 of which are gray and 2 of which are blue. The spinner is spun twice. What is the probability that the first spin lands on gray and the second spin lands on blue? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Katherine Clarke

Mathematics

14 February, 21:59

A spinner has 8 equally sized sections, 6 of which are gray and 2 of which are blue. The spinner is spun twice. What is the probability that the first spin lands on gray and the second spin lands on blue? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Stewart · Answer 1

Probability that first spin is grey = 6/8

probability that second spin is blue = 2/8

probability of both = 6/8 * 2/8 = 12/64 which reduces to 3/16 <==