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A spinner has 5 equally sized sections, 1 of which is gray and 4 of which are blue. The spinner is spun twice. What is the probability that the first spin lands on blue and the second spin lands on gray?
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A spinner has 55 equally sized sections, 11 of which is gray and 44 of which are blue. The spinner is spun twice. What is the probability that the first spin lands on blue and the second spin lands on gray?\newlineWrite your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

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Q. A spinner has 55 equally sized sections, 11 of which is gray and 44 of which are blue. The spinner is spun twice. What is the probability that the first spin lands on blue and the second spin lands on gray?\newlineWrite your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
  1. Calculate Probability of First Spin: First spin lands on blue: There are 44 blue sections out of 55 total sections.\newlineProbability of first spin landing on blue =45= \frac{4}{5}.
  2. Calculate Probability of Second Spin: Second spin lands on gray: There is 11 gray section out of 55 total sections.\newlineProbability of second spin landing on gray =15= \frac{1}{5}.
  3. Calculate Combined Probability: Calculate the combined probability of both events happening in sequence.\newlineCombined probability = Probability of first spin landing on blue ×\times Probability of second spin landing on gray.\newlineCombined probability = (45)×(15)(\frac{4}{5}) \times (\frac{1}{5}).
  4. Perform Multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the combined probability. \newlineCombined probability = 425.\frac{4}{25}.

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