document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=619045>Question 619045</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bowl contains five green olives and eight black ones. Will picks two olives. What is the probability that he gets one green and one black olive without replacement? Show work.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "first pick: 5/13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second pick: 8/12 = 2/3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Probability then is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/13 * 2/3 = 10/39  or 0.256 or 25.6% </SPAN>\n" );
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