Question

Leslie has two cups containing different-colored paper clips. The first cup contains 7 pink paper clips and 3 blue paper clips. The second cup contains 3 black paper clips, 1 red paper clip, and 6 orange paper clips. What is the probability that Leslie will randomly select a blue paper clip from the first cup and then randomly select an orange paper clip from the second cup? *

Answer 1

9/50 = 0.18

Explanation:

The first cup has 10 paper clips, 3 of which are blue.

The second cup has 10 paper clips, 6 of which are orange.

So the probability is:

P = (3/10) (6/10)

P = 9/50

P = 0.18