2009 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 12
Problem
The two spinners shown are spun once and each lands on one of the numbered sectors. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers in the two sectors is prime?
![[asy] unitsize(30); draw(unitcircle); draw((0,0)--(0,-1)); draw((0,0)--(cos(pi/6),sin(pi/6))); draw((0,0)--(-cos(pi/6),sin(pi/6))); label("$1$",(0,.5)); label("$3$",((cos(pi/6))/2,(-sin(pi/6))/2)); label("$5$",(-(cos(pi/6))/2,(-sin(pi/6))/2));[/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/e/f/2/ef23ec00d65a4669943af5033ead69ca82d03505.png)
![[asy] unitsize(30); draw(unitcircle); draw((0,0)--(0,-1)); draw((0,0)--(cos(pi/6),sin(pi/6))); draw((0,0)--(-cos(pi/6),sin(pi/6))); label("$2$",(0,.5)); label("$4$",((cos(pi/6))/2,(-sin(pi/6))/2)); label("$6$",(-(cos(pi/6))/2,(-sin(pi/6))/2));[/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/0/5/3058f62f5eba87c82939ed3a26d69037c009ba5c.png)
Solution
The possible sums are
![\[\begin{tabular}{c|ccc} & 1 & 3 & 5 \\ \hline 2 & 3 & 5 & 7 \\ 4 & 5 & 7 & 9 \\ 6 & 7 & 9 & 11 \end{tabular}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/9/7/2/9726458cb656f3923af8d189b0010f6a38c19dd0.png)
Only 
is not prime, so there are 
prime numbers and total numbers for a probability of 
.
See Also
| 2009 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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