Two baskets C and D each contain a mixture of oranges and lemons. Basket C contains 26 oranges and 13 lemons. Basket D contains 18 oranges and 15 lemons. A child selected basket at random and picked at random a fruit from it. Determine the probability that the fruit picked was an orange.

Answer 1

success could be :
basketC, orange
basketD, orange

prob = (1/2)(26/39) + (1/2)(18/33)
= 20/33