Tom buys a bag of cookies that contains 9 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 4 sugar cookies and 7 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Tom randomly selects a chocolate chip cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects another chocolate chip cookie? Express your answer as a reduced fraction.

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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Tom buys a bag of cookies that contains 9 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 4 sugar
cookies and 7 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Tom randomly selects a chocolate
chip cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects another chocolate chip cookie? Express your
answer as a reduced fraction.
Transcribed Image Text:Tom buys a bag of cookies that contains 9 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 4 sugar cookies and 7 oatmeal raisin cookies. What is the probability that Tom randomly selects a chocolate chip cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects another chocolate chip cookie? Express your answer as a reduced fraction.
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