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document.write( "A box of cookies contains 4 chocolate and 6 butter cookies. Miguel randomly selects a cookie and eats it. Then he randomly selects another cookie and eats it. (How many cookies did he take?)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(BB) = 30/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(BC) = 24/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(CB) = 24/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(CC) = 12/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let T be the event that both cookies selected were different flavors.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find P(T). Use the complement rule and the branches of the tree. The answers should be the same with both methods. (Enter your probability as a fraction.) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #851345 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52943)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=851345\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A box of cookies contains 4 chocolate and 6 butter cookies. Miguel randomly selects a cookie and eats it. Then he randomly selects another cookie and eats it. (How many cookies did he take?)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(BB) = 30/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(BC) = 24/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(CB) = 24/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(CC) = 12/90\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let T be the event that both cookies selected were different flavors.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find P(T). Use the complement rule and the branches of the tree. The answers should be the same with both methods. (Enter your probability as a fraction.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your calculations for the first question are correct.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To answer the second question, add P(BC) and P(CB).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You do not need their instruction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Their instruction is INCORRECT and IRRELEVANT to this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I suspect that this instruction came to this post by mistake from another problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do not be surprised: at this forum, such events happen every day, and even several times per day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It says a lot about the responsibility of visitors who post to this forum.\r<BR>\n" );
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