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Mary Katherine has a bag of 3 red apples , 5 yellow apples and 4 green apples , Mary takes a red apples out of the bag and does not replace it. What is the probability that the next apple she takes out is yellow

Mary Katherine has a bag of 3 red apples , 5 yellow apples and 4 green apples , Mary-example-1
User Pjklauser
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Answer:

ok so if she takes a red apple out that means

2 red

5 yellow

4 green

11 in total

so 5/11

The answer is D

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User Tad Marshall
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Answer:

5/11.... you put the 5 which is yellow over the others which is 12 but remember she removed 1 so it would be equal to 11

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