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A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow on a circular board , divided into 8 equal parts , which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1,2,3,…..8 which are equally likely outcomes . What is the probability that the arrow will point
(a) at an odd number
(b) a number greater than 3
(c ) a number less than 9 .

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`1/2,5/8,1`
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