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A bag of coins contains 12 pennies, 7 nickels, 4 dimes, and 2 quarters. once a coin is drawn from a bag it is not replaced. If 2 coins are drawn at random, what is the probaility of drawing a quarter first and then a penny?
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document.write( "P(quarter first from 25 coins AND penny second from 24 coins)\r\n" );
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document.write( "P(quarter first from 25 coins) × P(penny second from 24 coins)\r\n" );
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document.write( "                            2     12\r\n" );
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document.write( "                           25     24\r\n" );
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document.write( "                            2     1\r\n" );
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document.write( "                           25     2\r\n" );
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document.write( "                               1\r\n" );
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document.write( "                              25\r\n" );
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