A spinner labeled with the letters of the word HONEST is to be spun once. Describe the probability of

Question

landing on an unshaded section in the sample space.

Answer 1

There are 6 letters in the word HONEST. The spinner is labeled with all 6 letters, with one section shaded to represent landing on the letter S. Since only one out of the 6 sections is shaded, the probability of landing on an unshaded section in the sample space is 5/6 or approximately 0.833.

Answer 2

A spinner labeled with the letters of the word HONEST is to be spun once. Describe the probability of
landing on an unshaded section in the sample space.
1/2
3
1/6
1/3

Answer 3

Since there are 6 letters in the word HONEST, and one of them is shaded (S), there are 5 unshaded sections on the spinner. Therefore, the probability of landing on an unshaded section in the sample space is 5/6.