Question

A box contains 10 red ribbons and 12 blue ribbons. Once a ribbon is picked, it is not replaced. What is the probability of choosing a red then a blue ribbon?

Answer 1

I belive the answer is 1.
This is because out of 22 ribbon there are 10 which are bue so the probability of blue ribbons is 10/22 and probability of red ribbon is 12/22. So your question was the probability of choosing a red ribbon then a blu ribbon. Because of the word "then" , this means it is simply asking you to add their probablity so after adding 10/22 with 12/22 your answer will come to 22/22 which is equal to 1.