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Jessie is listening to a playlist on her iPod. This playlist has 3 rock songs, 7 pop songs, and 1 country song. If Jessie puts the playlist on shuffle, with no repeats, what is the probability that a rock song will play, then a country song, and then a pop song?

options:
0.33

0.0008

0.27

0.02

1 Answer

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To calculate the overall probability, we multiply the individual probabilities together:

(3/11) * (1/10) * (7/9) = 21/990 ≈ 0.0212

Therefore, the closest option is 0.02.

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