A bag contains 5 red cubes and 7 white cubes. Celinda will select one cube, put it in her pocket, and then select a second cube.

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Stells [14]

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A bag contains 5 red cubes and 7 white cubes. Celinda will select one cube, put it in her pocket, and then select a second cube.

Which expression gives the probability that she will select two red cubes? A. B. C. D.

Mathematics

2 answers:

SashulF [63] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-22T10:24:24+03:00

SashulF [63]2 years ago

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Len [333] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-22T07:59:43+03:00

The number of ways of picking up a red cube out of 12 cubes are 5/12. Number of ways of picking up a second red cube is 4/11.
<span>Thus probability of picking up 2 red cubes = 5/12 * 4/11 = 20/121.

20 / 121 = .165 or .17

So the probability of Celinda getting two red cubes is .17.</span>