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A spinner with 6 equal sized slices is shown below. 2 are yellow, 1 is red and 3 are blue. The dial is spun and stops on a slice at random. What is the probability that the dial stops on a yellow slice? Write your answer as a fraction or a whole number.



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2/6 or 1/3 (after simplication)

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 6 slices in the spinner, if 2 are yellow that means that the yellow portion covers 2/6 of the total spinner area.

This essentially means that the dial has a 2/6 chance of landing on the yellow as the yellow covers 2/6 of the area.

Thats the basic idea, but when solving problems like this, just know that the awnser will always be:

(desired outcome) / (total outcome)

Desired outcome is what you want to happen, in this case we want it to land on yellow.

Total outcome is how many things can happen, in this case there are 6 slices, so 6 different options

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