Question

Benjamin is selecting embellishments for a child’s dresser. He picks a wooden embellishment, a ceramic embellishment, and a metal embellishment. What is the probability that he picks a cloud, a dog, and a star?

Answer 1

B

Explanation:

Here is the complete question :

Benjamin is selecting embellishments for a child’s dresser. There are 9 wooden embellishments, 5 ceramic embellishments, and 8 metal embellishments to choose from, shown in the table below. He picks a wooden embellishment, a ceramic embellishment, and a metal embellishment. What is the probability that he picks one of the clouds, one of the dogs, and one of the stars?

Wooden Embellishments Ceramic Embellishments Metal Embellishments

2 hearts 2 cats 3 stars

3 clouds 3 dogs 5 squares

4 birds

A.1/27

B. 3/40

C. 1/9

D.3/8