A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134753119
Author: Sheldon Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Cassandra buys a bag of cookies that contains 4
chocolate chip cookies, 8 peanut butter cookies, 6
sugar cookies and 8 oatmeal cookies.
What is the probability that Cassandra reaches in
the bag and randomly selects a sugar cookie from
the bag, eats it, then reaches back in the bag and
randomly selects an oatmeal cookie?
Give your answer as a fraction, or accurate to at
least 4 decimal places.
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Transcribed Image Text:Cassandra buys a bag of cookies that contains 4 chocolate chip cookies, 8 peanut butter cookies, 6 sugar cookies and 8 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Cassandra reaches in the bag and randomly selects a sugar cookie from the bag, eats it, then reaches back in the bag and randomly selects an oatmeal cookie? Give your answer as a fraction, or accurate to at least 4 decimal places.
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