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A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow, which comes to rest pointing at one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and these are equally likely outcomes. Find the probability that the arrow will point at any factor of 8. Select the correct answer from above options

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Total number of outcomes = 8 Factors of 8 from 1 to 8 are {1,2,4,8} Total number of favorable outcomes = 4 Therefore, P(getting a factor of 8 ) = 4/8 = 1/2

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