Question

A chef draws cookies randomly from a box containing 6 cookies of the same shape and size. There is 1 chocolate cookie, 3 almond cookies, and 2 butter cookies. He draws 1 cookie and then draws another cookie without replacing the first one. Find the probability of picking 1 almond cookie followed by another almond cookie, and show the equation used.

Answer 1

First there was a 3/6 or 50% chance of getting an almond cookie. (3 out of 6 cookies are almond) then, it became a 2/5 or 40% chance of getting an almond cookie. (2 out of 5 cookies are almond) multiple 3/6 by 2/5 and you get 6/30 which can be simplified to 1/5.