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There are 11 small jars on a table.

3 are Honey.
8 are Jam.
Rosie take 2 at random.
Work out the probability that she takes at least on jar of honey.

User Cahen
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Explanation:

you can use a treee diagrammm so the answer ist goeig to be 0.49 thums up

User SeinopSys
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Answer:

There are 11 small jars on a table and 3 of 11 are jars of honey.

=> Probability that Rosie takes at least 2 jars honey:

P = P(Rosie picks 1 jar of honey) + P(Rosie picks 2 jars of honey)

= (3/11) x (8/10) + (8/11) x (3/10) + (3/11) x (2/11) = 0.486 = ~0.49

Hope this helps!

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User Rob Wijkstra
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