Question

At a game booth, a student gets a box of candy as the prize for winning a game. The boxes come in four colors: white, red, green, and blue. There are 8 boxes of each color. All the boxes are equally likely to be given away as prizes. Which expression shows the probability of the first winner receiving a white box and the second winner also receiving a box of the same color?

8 over 32 multiplied by 8 over 31

8 over 32 plus 8 over 31

8 over 32 plus 7 over 31

8 over 32 multiplied by 7 over 31


Please explain

Answer 1

8 over 32 multiplied by 7 over 31 would be your answer for that question. the second part would be 7 over 31 because one of the boxes were already taken leaving us with only 7 not 8.

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Answer 2

The probability of the first winner receiving a white box and the second winner also receiving a box of the same color is 7.

We have given that,

8 over 32 multiplied by 7 over 31 shows the probability

Would be your answer for that question.

What is the definition of the probability?

$P=\frac{number of favorable outcome}{Total number of outcomes}$

The second part would be 7 over 31 because one of the boxes were

already taken leaving us with only 7 not 8.

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