Renee is playing a game with marbles and a spinner. the spinner has four sections: orange, black, purple, and white. the marbles are kept in a bag and come in three colors: orange, black, and purple. renee first spins the spinner and then picks a marble from the bag without looking. what is the probability that the color of the marble matches the color on which the spinner lands?

Is the chance of the colours matching.

Step-by-step explanation:

The possibility of the spinner landing on an orange side is

and the possibility of the marble being orange is in this case you have to remember, in the fraction, you have 4 possibilities and 1 desirable outcome, when you have two dependant possibilities you have to multiply them:

And the result of that multipliction is which is the probability of the marble and the spiner colours matching.