A game is played with a spinner on a circle, like the minute hand on a clock. the circle is marked evenly from 0 to 100, so, for example, the 3:00 position corresponds to 25, the 6:00 position to 50, and so on. the player spins the spinner, and the resulting number is the number of seconds he or she is given to solve a word puzzle. if 100 players are selected randomly, how many players are expected to get between 42 and 72 seconds to solve the puzzle?

This is marked evenly from 0 to 100

This means that the total number of possible outcomes is:

D = 101

and the set of possible outcomes is:

O = {0, 1, 2, 3, ..., 100}

Now, the probability to geting between 42 and 72 seconds is equal to the quotient between the number of outcomes between 42 and 72, and the total possible outcomes.

The number of outcomes between 42 and 72 is:

72 - 42 = 30

Then the probability is:

P = 30/101 = 0.297

Then, out of the 100 players, we can expect that:

0.297*100 = 29.7 ≈ 30

(we rounded to the next whole number)

30 of them get between 42 and 72 seconds.

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