What is the probability of spinning the spinner and not landing on a vowel?
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What is the probability of spinning the spinner and not landing on a vowel?
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anonymous · Answer

P(A) = 	The Number Of Ways Event A Can Occur/The total number Of Possible Outcomes

anonymous · Answer

How many vowels are there?
How many consonants are there?
How many letters total are there?

anonymous · Answer

Do you count all the triangles in the circle and that would be the bottom number? 
I just counted and overall the bottom number is 8.

anonymous · Answer

Yes.

anonymous · Answer

3/8 ?

anonymous · Answer

"not landing on a vowel?"

anonymous · Answer

OHHH! 5/8 because the other option is 1/2.

anonymous · Answer

5/8 is the correct answer, but not just because the other option is 1/2.

agent47 · Answer

P not landing on a vowel = 1 - P landing on a vowel
P landing on a vowel = 3of vowels/total number of sections on the spinner

anonymous · Answer

Okay, thank you so much guys! :)

anonymous · Answer

Do you understand why 5/8 is the answer?

agent47 · Answer

P not landing on a vowel = 1 - P landing on a vowel
P landing on a vowel = # of vowels/total number of sections on the spinner