Question

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A bag of fruit contains 6 apples, 3 oranges.2
banana, and 4 pears. Jose will randomly select
one piece of fruit, put it back, and choose
another piece. What is the probability that the
first piece of fruit Jose selects will be an apple
and the second piece of fruit will be an orange?
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Answer 1

`(2)/(25)`

Explanation:

There are a total of 15 pieces of fruit. For the first selection, we want a apple (6) and the second pick we want and orange (3).

`(6)/(15)` x
`(3)/(15)` =

Which is the same as

`(2)/(5)` x
`(1)/(5)` if I simplify both fractions which is
`(2)/(25)`