Question
there are 3 miniature chocolate bars and 5 peaunt butter cups in a candy dish. judie chooses 2 of them at random. What is the probablity that both she chooses 2 miniature choclate bars?
Answers
Damon
there are 8 things in the dish to start.
She chooses the first choc with probability 2/8 or 1/4.
Now there are seven things in the dish, one of which she wants so now it is 1/7
so
(1/7)(1/4) = 1/28
She chooses the first choc with probability 2/8 or 1/4.
Now there are seven things in the dish, one of which she wants so now it is 1/7
so
(1/7)(1/4) = 1/28