Question

There are 4 chocolate chip cookies and 12 oatmeal cookies in a jar. If you reach in and randomly choose 2 cookies without replacing the first, what is the probability that both will be chocolate chip?

Answer 1

12 oatmeal and 4 chocolate chip.......(12 + 4 = 16)...16 total cookies

probability of first one drawn is choc chip = 4/16 reduces to 1/4
without replacing
probability of second one drawn is choc chip = 3/15 reduces to 1/5

probability of both : 1/4 * 1/5 = 1/20 <==

Answer 2

Answer:

1/20

Step-by-step explanation:

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