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A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which is equally likely to come to rest pointing to one of the numbers 1, 2, 3……., 12 as shown in the Fig. What is the probability that it will point to:
(i) 6? (ii) an even number? (iii) a prime number? (iv) a multiple of 4?

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`(i) (1)/(12) (ii) (1)/(2) (iii) (5)/(12) (iv) (1)/(4)`
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