Question

there are five pennies, five nickels and three dimes in a bucket. you pick a coin from the bucket and place it in a bowl. you repeat this action. what is the probabiltity that you pick two pennies?

Answer 1

5/13 * 4/12 ?

Answer 2

yea that is

Answer 3

Ahan.
Look you pick one out of 5 possible coins out of 13 coins in the first pick. In the second, 12 coins are left and you pick 1 out of 4 options.
So,
Multiplying the probabilities, you get, 5/13 * 4/12