A spinner labeled with the letters of the word honest is to be spun once describe the probability of landing on an unshaded section in the same space

The word "honest" has 6 letters, and only 1 of them is shaded (the letter "o"). Therefore, the probability of landing on an unshaded section (any of the other 5 letters) in the same space is 5/6 or approximately 0.8333.