Question

help!

Answer 1

A spinner with 3 equal sectors is shown in the figure. The colors Green, Yellow, and Purple are marked on it. The arrow points to Yellow. Two cards are shown on the right side. Their colors are Purple and Green.

Which table correctly identifies the sample space of spinning the spinner and then selecting a card?

Results of the spin
Card Color Green Yellow Purple
Purple Green, Purple Yellow, Green Purple, Green
Green Green, Green Yellow, Yellow Purple, Red
Results of the spin
Card Color Green Yellow Purple
Purple Green, Purple Yellow, Purple Purple, Purple
Green Green, Green Yellow, Green Purple, Green
Results of the spin
Card Color Green Yellow Purple
Purple Green, Green Yellow, Yellow Purple, Red
Green Green, Purple Yellow, Green Purple, Green
Results of the spin
Card Color Green Yellow Purple
Purple Green, Purple Yellow, Purple Purple, Purple
Green Green, Green Yellow, Yellow Purple, Red

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

your thoughts on this?

Answer 3

um, i dont really know

Answer 4

what do you think the table represents? ie, what do you think the sample space means?

Answer 5

idk :(

Answer 6

it represents all of the possible outcomes, agreed?

Answer 7

yes

Answer 8

what is one possible outcome?

Answer 9

idk :(

Answer 10

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 11

what colors are on the spinner?

Answer 12

yellow, purple, and green

Answer 13

how about the card colors

Answer 14

purple and green

Answer 15

so one combination would be yellow and purple, agreed?

I picked the first color of each sequence you wrote out

Answer 16

yes agreed

Answer 17

so you do that for every color combo. This can be done neatly in a table. The question is: which table is the way to do it properly?

Answer 18

ummm.. idk

Answer 19

list another combination for me

Answer 20

yellow and green

Answer 21

ok so far we have these two combos

yellow,purple
yellow,green

Answer 22

is that enough to see which table is the answer?

also it might help to eliminate some answers. For example, the table with "Yellow, Yellow" isn't possible because yellow only shows up once in the spinner section

Answer 23

ok

Answer 24

so whats the answer

Answer 25

you tell me

Answer 26

b

Answer 27

why B?

Answer 28

idk

Answer 29

@satellite73