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The following cards were used in a game. Nham chooses a card at random, replaces it, and selects another. What is the probability that he will select acard with a picture of an apple and then another apple?5/485/14425/1445/12

The following cards were used in a game. Nham chooses a card at random, replaces it-example-1

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\begin{gathered} P(A)=(5)/(12)\rightarrow\text{Probability of picking an apple} \\ P(AA)\rightarrow\text{Probability of picking an apple twice} \\ P(AA)=P(A)\cdot P(A)=(5)/(12)\cdot(5)/(12)=(25)/(144) \end{gathered}

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