Question

Please help ASAP!!!! You have a bag of change. Your bag consist of 5 Quarters, 20 Pennies, 10 Dimes and 5 Nickels. If you take one out to give to a friend, what are than chances that you would pull a Nickle then a Penny without replacing them. Placing your answer in

simplest fraction form.

Answer 1

5/78 chance to get a Nickel and then a penny without replacing

Explanation:

The bag contains a total of 40 coins which show that the probability of getting a Nickel is 5/40 and the probability of getting a penny after taking out a nickel is 20/39. In order to find the Probability of two events together you must multiply the probabilities so

(5/40) * (20/39) = 100/1560 = 5/78