The diagram shows a lucky draw spinner at a departmental store.
The pointer is equally likely to stop at any of the sectors.
The sectors show a GRAND prize, 10 prize vouchers to be won or a MISS.
Each customer at the store is entitled to 1 spin for every $50 spent.

- (a)
Find the probability that a customer wins the grand prize in a spin.
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- (b)
Find the probability that a customer wins a 10 voucher in a spin.
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- (c)
Mrs Singh spends $120 at the store.
Find, as a fraction in its simplest form, the probability that she wins at least a prize.Answer ...
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19(a)
1. Find the probability of landing on a GRAND sector.
There are GRAND sectors out of equal sectors.
19(b)
1. Find the probability of landing on a \$5 or \$10 voucher sector.
There are sectors labelled $5 and sectors labelled $10, out of equal sectors.
19(c)
1. Find the number of spins Mrs Singh gets.
Mrs Singh spends .
Since each spin is given for every spent,
So Mrs Singh gets spins.
2. Find the probability that she wins at least one prize in 2 spins.
A prize means any sector except MISS.
For one spin,
So for 2 spins,
Hence,
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