document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1068589>Question 1068589</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Indepent Events<BR>\n" );
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" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #683854 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=683854\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The drawing of the first apple changes the ratio of the two types of apples.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That ratio is not the same for the picking of the second apple.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A) For the first pick the probability of getting an eating apple is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F%285%2B3%29=5%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F%285%2B3%29=5%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means that if you did it a million times <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the first apple picks would be eating apples.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the second pick there is a total of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8-1=7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8-1=7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > apples,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and if the first pick was an eating apple,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there are still <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cooking apples in the bag,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so your chance of picking a cooking apple after having picked an eating apple is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "All in all, if you did the experiment a million times,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of those times your first pick would be an eating apple,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and of those times<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the time your second pick would be a cooking apple,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so that sequence of events would happen <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F8%29%2A%283%2F7%29=highlight%2815%2F56%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F8%29%2A%283%2F7%29=highlight%2815%2F56%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the times.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B) The wording you posted is suspicious.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I wonder if you may have been trying to type that neither one of the apples picked is an eating apple.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > probability that a cooking apple is picked after an eating apple is picked.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F8%29%2A%285%2F7%29=15%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F8%29%2A%285%2F7%29=15%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > probability that a cooking apple is picked before an eating apple is picked.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F8%29%282%2F7%29=6%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F8%29%282%2F7%29=6%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > probability that first pick and the second pick are both cooking apples.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There is a <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F8%29%284%2F7%29=20%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F8%29%284%2F7%29=20%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > probability that first pick and the second pick are both eating apples.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What are we asked for?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability that none of the two apples is an eating apple? That is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability that exactly one of the apples picked is an eating apple? That is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15%2F56%2B15%2F56=30%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15%2F56%2B15%2F56=30%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability that at least one of the two apples picked is an eating apple (and maybe both are)>? That is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-6%2F56=50%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-6%2F56=50%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
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