A prize bag contains four country music cds, eight pop music cds, and five classic rock cds. what is the probability of pulling out a classic rock cd and then, without replacing it, pulling out a country music cd? express your answer in decimal form, rounded to the nearest hundredth.

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Cherish Boone

Mathematics

23 August, 21:38

A prize bag contains four country music cds, eight pop music cds, and five classic rock cds. what is the probability of pulling out a classic rock cd and then, without replacing it, pulling out a country music cd? express your answer in decimal form, rounded to the nearest hundredth.

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Adriana Esparza · Answer 1

There are 5 rock cds out of total of 17 cds in the bag

So P (picking rock cd) = 5/17

On second pick theres a total of 16 cds of which 4 are country, so

P (picking a country cd) = 4/16 = 1/4

So required probability is 5/17 * 1/4 = 5/68 = 0.07 to nearest hundredth