document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=389473>Question 389473</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At the end of a meal in a restaurant, a person <BR>\n" );
document.write( "wants to have pie à la mode (pie topped with ice cream) for dessert. There are 5 flavors of ice <BR>\n" );
document.write( "cream—chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, peach, and coffee—and there are 2 kinds of pie—apple and cherry. If the waiter picks the pie and ice cream at <BR>\n" );
document.write( "random, what is the probability that the person will get apple pie with vanilla ice cream (state your answer as a fraction)? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #275995 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gwendolyn><B>gwendolyn(128)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gwendolyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=gwendolyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=275995\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 5 flavors of ice cream. so the probability that the waiter will choose vanilla is 1/5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 2 flavors of pie, so the probability that the waiter will choose apple is 1/2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since both must happen, we multiply those probabilities together:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/5)*(1/2) = 1/10 </SPAN>\n" );
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