SOLUTION: A cafeteria has 5 turkey sandwiches, 6 cheese sandwiches, and 4 tuna sandwiches. There are two students in line and each will take a sandwich. What is the probability that the firs
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Question 752397: A cafeteria has 5 turkey sandwiches, 6 cheese sandwiches, and 4 tuna sandwiches. There are two students in line and each will take a sandwich. What is the probability that the first student takes a cheese sandwich and the next student takes a turkey sandwich?
a. 1/7 b. 1/14 c. 2/15 d. 2/21
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A cafeteria has 5 turkey sandwiches, 6 cheese sandwiches, and 4 tuna sandwiches. There are two students in line and each will take a sandwich. What is the probability that the first student takes a cheese sandwich and the next student takes a turkey sandwich?
Ans: (6/15)(5/14) = 30/(15*14) = 2/14 = 1/7
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Stan H.
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a. 1/7 b. 1/14 c. 2/15 d. 2/21
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