Levi buys a bag of cookies that contains 8 chocolate chip cookies, 8 peanut butter cookies, 6 sugar cookies and 6 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Levi randomly selects an oatmeal cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects a sugar cookie? Probability = (Round your answer to 4 deCimal places.)

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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.6: Permutations
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Levi buys a bag of cookies that contains 8 chocolate chip cookies, 8 peanut butter cookies, 6 sugar
cookies and 6 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Levi randomly selects an oatmeal cookie
from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects a sugar cookie?
Probability =
(Round your answer to 4 deCimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:Levi buys a bag of cookies that contains 8 chocolate chip cookies, 8 peanut butter cookies, 6 sugar cookies and 6 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Levi randomly selects an oatmeal cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects a sugar cookie? Probability = (Round your answer to 4 deCimal places.)
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Obtain the probability that Levi randomly selects an oatmeal cookie from the bag eats it, then randomly selects a sugar cookie.

 

The probability that Levi randomly selects an oatmeal cookie from the bag eats it, then randomly selects a sugar cookie is obtained below as follows :

 

From the information, given that

 

Let the total number of cookies=28

The total number of chocolate chip cookies=8

The total number of peanut butter cookies=8

The total number of sugar cookies=6

The total number of oatmeal cookies=6

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