SOLUTION: An urn contains 7 one-dollar bills, 5 five-dollar bills, and 3 ten-dollar bills. A person reaches in and takes a bill out, then reaches in and takes another one out (without replac

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Question 629178: An urn contains 7 one-dollar bills, 5 five-dollar bills, and 3 ten-dollar bills. A person reaches in and takes a bill out, then reaches in and takes another one out (without replacing the first one).
a) what is the probability that a five-dollar bill is taken out first, followed by a one dollar bill?
b) what is the probability that a total of $15 is taken out?

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
An urn contains 7 one-dollar bills, 5 five-dollar bills, and 3 ten-dollar bills. 15 bills in ALL
two bill drawn without replacement
P($5 then $1) =
P(sum is $15) = P($5 then $10) + P($10 then $5) =
Re: TY, the format on this site doesn't allow for tree diagrams.
However there are 15C2 or 105 ways of chosing 2 cards: (15 ways for each $1)

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