SOLUTION: Jordan buys a bag of cookies that contains 4 chocolate chip cookies, 4 peanut butter cookies, 8 sugar cookies and 8 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Jordan randomly se

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Question 1184313: Jordan buys a bag of cookies that contains 4 chocolate chip cookies, 4 peanut butter cookies, 8 sugar cookies and 8 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Jordan randomly selects a chocolate chip cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects a sugar cookie? Express your answer as a reduced fraction.

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Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
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24 cookies initially, of which 4 are chocolate chip: P=4/24

Then 23 cookies remaining, of which 8 are sugar: P=8/23

P(chocolate chip then sugar) = (4/24)(8/23)

Perform the multiplication and simplify or convert to decimal as desired/required.

Answer by JmeLs(1) (Show Source):
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4/69!