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The probability he chooses orange fruit

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Consider that the total number of fruits are 10. The probability to get some fruit is given by the quotient in between the number of suc a fruit and the total number of fruits.

Then, at the first time, the probability of getting a kiwi is:

p1 = 1/10 = 0.1 (becasue there is one kiwi)

After the kiwi is taken out, the number of fruits are 9. In this case, the probability of getting one orange is:

p2 = 3/9 = 0.33 (because there are three oranges)

THe probability of the two previous events, that is, to obtain one kwi and then one orange is the product of the probabilities p1 and p2:

P = p1*p2 = (0.1)(0.33) = 0.03

Hence, the probabilty is approximately 0.03

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