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document.write( "I'm having a hard time understanding this please can someone explain in detail.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A bag contains 8 apples, 5 are eating apples and 3 are cooking apples. If 2 apples are drawn without replacement.Find the probability that \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) the first apple is an eating apple and the second apple is a cooking apple<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B)one of the apples are an eating apple </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If 2 apples are drawn without replacement.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the probability that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) the first apple is an eating apple and the second apple is a cooking apple<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: (5/8)(3/7) = 15/56<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B)one of the apples is an eating apple.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I'll assume you mean \"exactly one of the apples is an eating apple\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans: (5/8)(3/7)+(3/8)(5/7) = (15/56)+(15/56) = 30/56<BR>\n" );
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