Question

Eric’s mother wants to help him with his math homework. She puts 24 cookies in a cookie jar. Twelve of the cookies are chocolate chip, 8 are oatmeal, and 4 are peanut butter. She then has Eric select a cookie from the jar without looking. Next, without replacing the first cookie, Eric picks a second cookie without looking in the jar. What is the probability Eric will pick an oatmeal cookie first and a chocolate chip cookie second?

A. 1/6

B. 4/23

C. 5/6

D. 59/69