SOLUTION: A jar contains four red, four yellow, and three green jelly beans. If Joan and Jim take one jelly bean each, the probability that they bot take a red jelly bean is? Thank you fo

SOLUTION: A jar contains four red, four yellow, and three green jelly beans. If Joan and Jim take one jelly bean each, the probability that they bot take a red jelly bean is? Thank you fo

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Question 369907: A jar contains four red, four yellow, and three green jelly beans. If Joan and Jim take one jelly bean each, the probability that they bot take a red jelly bean is?
Thank you for your help
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(4/11)*(3/10) = 12/110 = 0.1091, to 4 decimal places.
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