SOLUTION: A box contains a total of 12 crayons: 2 red, 3 green, 3 blue, 1 yellow, 2 purple, and 1 brown. Without looking, Frieda picks two crayons from the box. What is the probability that
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Question 1155657: A box contains a total of 12 crayons: 2 red, 3 green, 3 blue, 1 yellow, 2 purple, and 1 brown. Without looking, Frieda picks two crayons from the box. What is the probability that both will be blue? Answer by ikleyn(52781) (Show Source):
The probability that the first picked crayon is blue is .
The probability that the second picked crayon is blue, under the condition that the first one was blue, is .
The probability that both of the two are blue is the product = = . ANSWER
