Question

A basket contains 8 green apples, 11 red apples, 5 peaches, and 12 oranges. Roger randomly chooses a piece of fruit, wats it, then selects another. What is the probability that he selects 2 oranges?

Answer 1

11/105

Explanation:

Answer 2

11/105

Explanation:

Given data

8 green apples,

11 red apples,

5 peaches, and

12 oranges=

sample space= {8+11+5+12}= 36

We see that he does two random picks

1. Probability of that the first pick is orange = 12/36= 1/3

2. Probability of the second pick is orange = 11/35

Probability of selecting two oranges

Pr(2 oranges) = 1/3*11/35= 11/105