Horatio has a pack of candies containing 4 strawberry, 2 lemon, 1 lime, and 3 orange flavored chews, in random order. If he eats each candy immediately after taking it out of the pack, which multiplication expression can be used to determine the probability that the first two candies he eats are lemon?

2/9 * 1/9
2/10* 1/9
2/10* 1/10
2/10* 2/10

Question

Horatio has a pack of candies containing 4 strawberry, 2 lemon, 1 lime, and 3 orange flavored chews, in random order. If he eats each candy immediately after taking it out of the pack, which multiplication expression can be used to determine the probability that the first two candies he eats are lemon?

2/9 * 1/9
2/10* 1/9
2/10* 1/10
2/10* 2/10

unklerhaukus · Answer

well as he eats the number of options decreases

faman39 · Answer

I guess, D

unklerhaukus · Answer

but there isnt 10 in the bag any more; a lemon has been ate

unklerhaukus · Answer

the probability the first is a lemon is 2/10
but if that lemon is eaten the next chance for a lemon is (2-1)/(10-1)