Spinner Frequency
1. **State the problem:** We have a spinner with three coloured sections: Orange, Green, and Black. The frequencies of landing on each colour after several spins are given as 5, 4, and 9 respectively.
2. **Find the total number of spins:** Add the frequencies of all colours.
$$\text{Total spins} = 5 + 4 + 9 = 18$$
3. **Find the relative frequency of landing on Green:** The relative frequency is the fraction of times the spinner lands on Green out of the total spins.
$$\text{Relative frequency of Green} = \frac{\text{Frequency of Green}}{\text{Total spins}} = \frac{4}{18}$$
4. **Simplify the fraction:** Both numerator and denominator can be divided by 2.
$$\frac{4}{18} = \frac{4 \div 2}{18 \div 2} = \frac{2}{9}$$
**Final answers:**
- Total number of spins: $18$
- Relative frequency of Green: $\frac{2}{9}$