A game of chance consist of spinning an arrow, which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and these are equally likely outcomes. Find the probability that the arrow will point at any factor of 8.

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Total numbers of elementary events are: 8

Let E be the event of getting the arrow pointing at any factor of 8

The favourable outcomes are: 1, 2, 4,

Then, the number of favourable events are = 3

∴ P (getting a factor of 8) = P (E) = 3/8