Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A spinner is a circle cut into three sectors. The red sector has an angle of degrees, the blue sector degrees and the green sector the rest. The pointer is equally likely to stop at any angle. Find the angle of the green sector. Then find the probability of each colour and the probability of not red. Give decimals to four places.
A relative frequency is the number of times an event happened divided by the number of tries. With equally likely outcomes, is the number of outcomes in divided by all outcomes. The probabilities of all the outcomes add up to .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The green angle. degrees.
Step 2. Each colour. . . .
Step 3. Not red. .
Answer: degrees, then , , and .
Check. The three probabilities add up: .
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