Spencer buys a bag of cookies that contains 7 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 4 sugar cookies and 4 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Spencer 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.)

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
1st Edition
ISBN:9780547587776
Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL
Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL
Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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Spencer buys a bag of cookies that contains 7 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 4 sugar
cookies and 4 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Spencer 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:Spencer buys a bag of cookies that contains 7 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 4 sugar cookies and 4 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Spencer 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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