A basket contains 15 pieces of fruit: 7 apples, 5 oranges, and 3 bananas. Jonas takes a piece of fruit at random from the basket, and then Beth takes a piece at random. What is the probability that Jonas will get an orange and Beth will get an apple?

A. 6/7

B. 7/45

C. 1/6

D. 4/5

Question

A basket contains 15 pieces of fruit: 7 apples, 5 oranges, and 3 bananas. Jonas takes a piece of fruit at random from the basket, and then Beth takes a piece at random. What is the probability that Jonas will get an orange and Beth will get an apple?

A. 6/7	

B. 7/45	

C. 1/6	

D. 4/5

anonymous · Answer

4/5

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{5}{15}\times \frac{7}{14}$$

anonymous · Answer

clean up as $$\frac{1}{3}\times \frac{1}{2}$$