Haley randomly chooses a gumball out of a container containing 9 cherry gumballs and 3 chocolate gumballs. She places the gumballs in her pocket and chooses a second gumball. Find the probability that the first gumball is cherry and the second one is chocolate.

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Bryce Pitts

Mathematics

12 April, 05:09

Haley randomly chooses a gumball out of a container containing 9 cherry gumballs and 3 chocolate gumballs. She places the gumballs in her pocket and chooses a second gumball. Find the probability that the first gumball is cherry and the second one is chocolate.

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Kiley Ritter · Answer 1

Answer: 8.3%

Step-by-step explanation: we use the formula 1/12x100 to give us 8.3 % and then for chocolate we do the same to get the same percentage 8.3%. so the probability that haley chooses a cherry gumball and then a chocolate gumball is 8.3%.