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At a convenience store, you have a choice of five diet drinks, 10 regular drinks, six bags of fat-free chips, and 10 bags of regular chips. What is the probability that you will buy a regular drink and a regular bag of chips?

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Answer:

the answer is 5/12

Explanation:

User Ananda G
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Answer:

I guess that the purchase is at random, then let's see the possible options:

5 diet drinks.

10 regular drinks.

Total drinks = 15

6 bags of fat-free chips

10 bags of regular chips.

Total chips = 16.

Probability of buying at random, a regular drink is equal to the number of regular drinks divided the total number of drinks:

p1 = 5/15 = 1/3

Probability of buying at random a regular bag of chips, we use the same reasoning as before.

p2 = 6/16 = 3/8

The joint probability will be equal to the product of the individual probabilities:

P = p1*p2 = (1/3)*(3/8) = 1/8.

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