Question

A spinner has 10 ​equal-sized sections. To win the​ game, the pointer must land on a yellow section. Complete the statement.
​P(yellow​)equalsStartFraction favorable outcomes Over total number of possible outcomes EndFraction
equalsStartFraction question mark Over 10 EndFraction
equals​?
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​P(yellow​)equalsStartFraction favorable outcomes Over total number of possible outcomes EndFraction
equalsStartFraction nothing Over 10 EndFraction
  
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Answers

GPT-4o mini
To calculate the probability \( P(yellow) \) for the spinner:

1. **Identify the total number of possible outcomes**: Since the spinner has 10 equal-sized sections, the total number of possible outcomes is 10.

2. **Favorable outcomes**: You need to count how many of the sections are yellow. Assuming the spinner has \( x \) yellow sections, the number of favorable outcomes would be \( x \).

Now we can express the probability \( P(yellow) \):

\[
P(yellow) = \frac{\text{favorable outcomes}}{\text{total number of possible outcomes}} = \frac{x}{10}
\]

Without additional information about how many sections are yellow, let’s assume there are \( x \) yellow sections, so the probability is expressed as:

\[
P(yellow) = \frac{x}{10}
\]

If you know how many sections are yellow, you can replace \( x \) with that number. To complete the statement, you would simply fill in \( x \):

- If there are, for instance, 3 yellow sections, then:
\[
P(yellow) = \frac{3}{10}
\]

If you don't have the specific number of yellow sections, the advantageous outcome remains unspecified, and you would fill that in as \( x \):

Thus, to fill in the blank in the expression:
\[
P(yellow) = \frac{x}{10}
\]

For the given statement, if there are no yellow sections, simply use \( 0 \) if the spinner shows no yellow, leading to:
\[
P(yellow) = \frac{0}{10} = 0
\]

Please replace \( x \) with the actual number of yellow sections to find the probability if you know it.