Question

Ethan buys a bag of cookies that contains 8 chocolate chip cookies, 7 peanut butter cookies, 7 sugar

cookies, and 7 oatmeal cookies.
What is the probability that Ethan feaches in the bag and randomly selects an oatmeal cookie from the
bag, eats it, then reaches back in the bag and randomly selects a peanut butter cookie? Round your answer
to four decimal places.

Answer 1

0.0603

Explanation:

probabilty ethan picks an oatmeal and peanut butter cookie = probability of selecting an oatmeal cookie x probability of selecting a peanut butter cookie

probability of selecting an oatmeal cookie = number of oatmeal cookies / total number of cookies

probability of selecting a peanut butter cookie = number of peanut butter cookies / total number of cookies

total number of cookies = 7 + 7 + 7 + 8 = 29

probability of selecting an oatmeal cookie = 7/29

probability of selecting a peanut butter cookie = 7/28

after eating oatmeal cookies, the amount of cookies would reduce by 1

7/29 x 7/28