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Mathematics Q3

Marco designs a spinner wheel that has exactly 4 sections: red, blue, green, and yellow. He wants the spinner wheel to have a 25% chance of landing on each section. He spins the wheel 500 times. The results of the spins are shown in this table.

Spinner wheel section Number of times the spinner lands in each section
Red 80
Blue 165
Green 130
Yellow 125

Based on the results in this table, one of the following changes would be the best fix. Which one?

  1. A

    He should decrease the area of the red section by increasing the area of the blue section.

  2. B

    He should increase the area of the red section by decreasing the area of the blue section.

  3. C

    He should increase the area of the red section by decreasing the area of any of the other three sections.

  4. D

    He should decrease the area of the blue section, and then it does not matter which section’s area is increased.

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