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

shubhamsrg · Answer

P(jonas gets orange) = 5/15  (as there are 5 orangesand 15 fruits)
P(beth gets apple) = 7/14 (as now there are 7 apples and 14 fruits,,since jonas has taken 1)

thus,,required probability = 5/15 * 7/14 (since both events occur together)

anonymous · Answer

answer ?

shubhamsrg · Answer

whats 1/5* 2/5 ?

shubhamsrg · Answer

you know how to multiply rational numbers right?? come-on,,you cant be dumber than me ;)

anonymous · Answer

2/5 ?

shubhamsrg · Answer

ohh..so theres a problem there..
alright leme try to help

shubhamsrg · Answer

well think yourself..
if 1/5 * 2/5 = 2/5,,then you get 1/5 = 1 !! is that possible?

anonymous · Answer

yep

shubhamsrg · Answer

ohh..lol..

shubhamsrg · Answer

well 1/5 * 2/5 =2/25
and if 1/5=1 ,,then buddy surely there'll be a new revolution in maths!

anonymous · Answer

so it's b ?

shubhamsrg · Answer

for multiplying a/b and c/d ..we multiply numerators separately and denominators separately
i.e. a/b * c/d = (a*c) / (b*d)

shubhamsrg · Answer

no its not..re-read my post just above and try again,,tell me where you are having problem

anonymous · Answer

D