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8. Box A contains two yellow counters and one white counter

Box B contains three purple counters and two white counters.
One counter is selected at random from each box
BOX A Box B
purple
yellow
purple
white
white
What's the probability
Gue your answer as a
What is the probability of getting no white counters?
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
Write a fraction using the slash (key e.g. one half is 1/2

User Ruhul Amin
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Answer:

6/15

Explanation:

draw a tree diagram.

the only path with no white is highlighted

multiply them

2/3 x 3/5 = 6/15

8. Box A contains two yellow counters and one white counter Box B contains three purple-example-1
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