Question

Sammy and Sally each carry a bag containing a banana, a chocolate bar, and a licorice stick. Simultaneously, they take out a single food item and consume it. The possible pairs of food items that Sally and Sammy consumed are as follows.
chocolate bar - chocolate bar
licorice stick - chocolate bar
banana - banana
chocolate bar - licorice stick
licorice stick - licorice stick
chocolate bar – banana
banana - licorice stick
licorice stick - banana
banana - chocolate bar
Find the probability that no chocolate bar was eaten.

Answer 1

You have 9 possibilities. Divide that into the number of possibilities without chocolate.

Answer 2

I came up with 4/9 and it was wrong. A little more help please!