2\5

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2\5

Midnight97 · Answer

A group of volunteers build homes for those in need. The group consists of two teenagers, four men, and ten women. To decide who gets to pick the music for the day, the group spins a spinner with eight equal sections: one for the teenagers, two for the men, and five for the women. The probability of the spinner landing on the section assigned to the men is ____.

hawk5152h · Answer

let me get my notebook back out, might take a few mins!

Midnight97 · Answer

@hawk5152h wrote:

let me get my notebook back out, might take a few mins!

okay

hawk5152h · Answer

ANSWER
1/4
EXPLANATION
since the spinner has 8 equal sections; one is for teens, two is for men, five is for women. the total number of sections for men and women combined i 2+5=7
the probability of the spinner landing on the section assigned to men i think is 2/8 simplified to 1/4

Midnight97 · Answer

@hawk5152h wrote:

ANSWER 1/4 EXPLANATION since the spinner has 8 equal sections; one is for teens, two is for men, five is for women. the total number of sections for men and women combined i 2+5=7 the probability of the spinner landing on the section assigned to men i think is 2/8 simplified to 1/4

thanks