SOLUTION: In a crate of 20 orange and yellow peppers, the probability of picking out a yellow pepper is 3/4. If 2 peppers are picked from this bucket, without replacement, what is the probab

Question 1141622: In a crate of 20 orange and yellow peppers, the probability of picking out a yellow pepper is 3/4. If 2 peppers are picked from this bucket, without replacement, what is the probability that they are both orange?
A)1/19
B)1/16
C)3/16
D)9/16
Answer by ikleyn(52787) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the first sentence of the condition, the number of yellow peppers is  of 20, which is 15.


So, the number of orange peppers is  20-15 = 5.


The probability under the question is then   =  = .     ANSWER

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