For a spinner divided into 8 equal sections numbered 1 through 8, what is the set of favorable outcomes for spinning a number less than 3?

Question

{1, 2, 3}
{1, 2}
{3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}
{4, 5, 6, 7, 8}

Answer 1

To find the set of favorable outcomes for spinning a number less than 3 on a spinner divided into 8 equal sections numbered 1 through 8, we need to identify which numbers from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} are less than 3.

The numbers less than 3 are 1 and 2. Therefore, the set of favorable outcomes is {1, 2}.

So the correct choice is: {1, 2}.