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gabriel has these cans of soup it the kitchen cabinet 2 cans tomato soup 3 cans of chiken soup 2 cans of chesse soup 2 cans of potao 1 can of beef soup gabriel will choose one can of soup. Then will put it back and randomly choose another can of soup. What is the probability that he will choose a can of tomato soup and then a can of cheese soup

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User Xerri
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2/10 (or 1/5) times 2/10 (or 1/5)
This will equal 1 out of 25 chance.

You take the number of items you are looking for (for example, 2 tomato cans) divided by the total items you have (all 10 cans that are a possibility.) then you take your probabilities, and multiply them.
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User Upul Doluweera
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