Question

Mr. calloway is an algebra teacher. every class period he draws a piece of paper out of a hat without looking to determine the number of homework problems he will assign. each different color of paper represents a different number of homework problems. the hat contains 2 blue, 6 red, 10 yellow, and 7 purple pieces of paper.what is the probability that mr. calloway draws a purple piece of paper during the first class period and a blue piece of paper during the second class period if he replaces all pieces of paper before each drawing?

Answer 1

The probability of drawing a purple piece during the first class is 7/25 because 7 pieces of paper are purple out of a total of 25 pieces of paper

Since all pieces of paper are returned, the probability of drawing a blue piece during the second class is 2/25 since there are 2 blue pieces out of a total of 25 pieces of paper

The wording is meant to trick you here. If the purple paper from the morning was not replaced before drawing the probability of drawing a blue piece in the second class would increase. 

Always remember to reduce fractions where you can