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a spinner is split into 3, red blue and yellow. you need to land on blue in the next 2 goes to win, what is the probability of losing?

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If the events are independent, the probability of both/all events occurring is determined by multiplying the probabilities of the individual events.

P(win) = 1/3 * 1/3 = 1/9

P(lose) = 1 - 1/9 = 8/9

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