SOLUTION: A container holds several different types of equally-sized cookies. The probability of picking an oatmeal cookie out of the container is 1/5. The probability of picking an oatmeal
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Question 1141641: A container holds several different types of equally-sized cookies. The probability of picking an oatmeal cookie out of the container is 1/5. The probability of picking an oatmeal cookie out of a container, putting it back into the container and then picking up a chocolate chip cookie out of a container is 3/20. What is the probability of picking a chocolate chip cookie out of the container?
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