Question

n a bag of 60 candies, 36 are green and 45 have caramel in them. If the events of picking a green candy and picking a candy with caramel are independent, what is the probability of selecting two candies where the first is green and the second has caramel? Express your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

Its 9/20

Explanation:

Total number of candies =60

Number of Green candies, n(G)=36

Number of candies with caramel, n(C)=45

The probability in its lowest form is 9/20.