A box contains 3 cherry frozen treats and 2 grape frozen treats. Maggie takes a treat from the box without looking, gives it to her brother, and then selects another treat. What is the probability that her brother gets a grape treat and she gets a cherry treat?

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Lyric

Mathematics

19 November, 06:10

A box contains 3 cherry frozen treats and 2 grape frozen treats. Maggie takes a treat from the box without looking, gives it to her brother, and then selects another treat. What is the probability that her brother gets a grape treat and she gets a cherry treat?

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Wendy Crawford · Answer 1

It's dependent question type

her brother has 2/5 chance to get grape then she has 3/4 chance to get cherry

if i'm understanding this right, your question is a sequence

so you multiply 2/5 with 3/4 to get 6/20 or 3/10