A basket contains 15 pieces of fruit: 7 apples, 5 oranges, and 3 bananas. Jonas takes a piece of fruit at random from the basket, and then Beth takes a piece at random. What is the probability that Jonas will get an orange and Beth will get an apple?

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Zachariah

Mathematics

13 February, 23:15

A basket contains 15 pieces of fruit: 7 apples, 5 oranges, and 3 bananas. Jonas takes a piece of fruit at random from the basket, and then Beth takes a piece at random. What is the probability that Jonas will get an orange and Beth will get an apple?

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Reese Briggs · Answer 1

The prob of an orange on the first draw is. 5/15. Then there are 14 fruits left in the basket, so the prob of an apple on the next draw is. 7/14. The prob of both things happening in just that way is (5/15) (7/14) = 1/6 = (16 and 2/3) percent.

Claire Lawrence · Answer 2

Claire Lawrence 13 February, 23:42

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Orange1/5, Apple 1/7.