document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093530>Question 1093530</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this. A crate of soft drinks contains 9 bottles of coke, 6 bottles of Pepsi and 4 bottles of Fanta. Sandra picks one both of soft drink and therefore Juliet picks another bottle, for find the probability  that,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They both picked Fanta.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sandra only picked Fanta.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They both picked the same brand.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They picked different brand. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "probability of Fanta for first is 4/19 * probability of Fanta for second which is 3/18.  Joint probability is 12/342 or 2/57.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sandra picked Fanta (4/19)*(15/18), assuming that Sandra picks first. This is 60/342 or 10/57.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Same brand is Fanta (above) which is also 12/342; coke, which is 9/19*8/18=72/342; pepsi, which is 6/19*5/18 or 30/342.  The sum is 114/342 or 1/3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If they picked different brands, that would be 2/3, since it is dichotomous, meaning one or the other.  </SPAN>\n" );
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