Question

Probability Question

Select two poker chips without replacement from a bag containing 20 red chips and 5 blue chips.

What is the probability of selecting a blue chip first and a red chip second?

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Answer 1

1/6

Explanation:

(25 total chips to start because 5+20)

probability to pick blue chip first: 5/25

not replaced then pick red chip: 20/24

then multiply those probabilities together to get the chances of doing both

100/600 simplifies to 1/6

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