Eduardo buys a bag of cookies that contains 5 chocolate chip cookies, 6 peanut butter cookies, 5 sugar cookies and 6 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Eduardo randomly selects a peanut butter cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects another peanut butter cookie? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

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Eduardo buys a bag of cookies that contains 5 chocolate
chip cookies, 6 peanut butter cookies, 5 sugar cookies and
6 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that
Eduardo randomly selects a peanut butter cookie from the
bag, eats it, then randomly selects another peanut butter
cookie?
(Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:Eduardo buys a bag of cookies that contains 5 chocolate chip cookies, 6 peanut butter cookies, 5 sugar cookies and 6 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Eduardo randomly selects a peanut butter cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects another peanut butter cookie? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)
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