document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1200401>Question 1200401</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Gianna buys a bag of cookies that contains 5 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 4 sugar cookies and 6 oatmeal cookies.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability that Gianna reaches in the bag and randomly selects 2 sugar cookies from the bag? Round your answer to four decimal places. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The response from the other tutor shows one basic way to calculate this probability -- by looking at the probability that the first cookie is a sugar cookie and then the next one is also.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You should know the other basic method for computing this kind of probability, as follows.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of ways of choosing 2 of the 24 cookies is C(24,2) = \"24 choose 2\"; the number of ways of choosing 2 sugar cookies is C(4,2) = \"4 choose 2\".  The probability of getting 2 sugar cookies is then<br><BR>\n" );
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