SOLUTION: Suppose your wallet contains 10 bills of the following denominations: five $5 bills, two $10 bills, two $20 bills, and one $50 bill. If you select two bills at random, what is the

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Question 284350: Suppose your wallet contains 10 bills of the following denominations: five $5 bills, two $10 bills, two $20 bills, and one $50 bill. If you select two bills at random, what is the probability that you select two $5 bills?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I can't get past the opening statement. There is no way that my wallet has that much money! So if you have that info wrong How can I trust the rest of the data?
5+2+2+1=10
first one is 5/10=1/2
next is 4/9
1/2*4/9=2/9