Question

A spinner and 6 cards are shown below:

A spinner with 3 equal sectors is shown in the figure. The colors Green, Blue, and Red are marked on it. The arrow points at the green color. Six cards are shown on the right side. The colors Purple, Green, Red, Yellow, Blue, and Pink are marked on them.

Jordan spins the spinner and picks up a card without looking. What is the probability that the spinner stops at green and a yellow card is selected? Answers are 1/36 , 1/18 , 1/6 1/3 I think its one 1/6?

Answer 1

what's the probability the spinner lands on green

Answer 2

not sure

Answer 3

probability the spinner lands on green = (# of green spaces)/(# of total spaces)

Answer 4

8

Answer 5

you have 3 sectors and only 1 green out of the three

Answer 6

ok

Answer 7

probability the spinner lands on green = ??

Answer 8

it will be a fraction

Answer 9

1/3

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

now what is the probability of picking a yellow card?

Answer 12

hmm 1

Answer 13

it will be a fraction

Answer 14

probability of picking yellow card = (# of yellow cards)/(# of cards total)

Answer 15

1/6

Answer 16

yes

Answer 17

now multiply the two probabilities 1/3 and 1/6

Answer 18

1/18

Answer 19

correct

Answer 20

yes thank you some much jim!!

Answer 21

glad to be of help