Question

There are 6 orange, 2 red, 3 white, and 4 green candies in a box. Joe chooses a candy, looks at it,replaces it, and then draws another. What is the probability of him drawing 2 orange candies?

Answer 1

@pooja195

Answer 2

6/16
add allup then put the amount of candy there is

Answer 3

nvm

Answer 4

Since we are replacing, these are independent events (the probability of the first event doesn't affect the second event), so the formula is:
\[P(A and B)=P(A) * P(B)\]

Answer 5

sorry :(

Answer 6

I believe it's \(\left(\dfrac{6}{16}\right)^2\)

Answer 7

Hmmmmm.

Answer 8

Yup, @OpenStudier is right.

Answer 9

So what would be the P(A) and P(B)?

Answer 10

6/16 is the answer @OpenStudier
yr just explaing it too much

Answer 11

Oh, ok.

Answer 12

@pooja195, one does not simply not explain on OpenStudy if @help123please doesn't understand. And also, you are wrong.

Answer 13

Really?

Answer 14

Yeah.

Answer 15

And yes, I don't understand still.

Answer 16

Yes. What is the probability of drawing one orange?

Answer 17

omg. typo

Answer 18

there are 2 red candies

Answer 19

sorry bout that :/

Answer 20

So what is the probability of getting one orange?

Answer 21

One orange? 1/ 15?

Answer 22

No. If there is 6 oranges from the total, one orange is 6/15=2/5

Answer 23

Ohhh. Sorry bout that.

Answer 24

Okay. But it is asking for 2 oranges.

Answer 25

2/5*2?

Answer 26

[which is 8/10?]

Answer 27

So if we know the probability of getting one orange, what is the proabability of getting two oranges twice in a row (what the problem is asking)?

Answer 28

Is that right? 8/10?

Answer 29

No, look back up at my earlier explanation.

Answer 30

Oh. Okay...Lets see.

Answer 31

What is A and B?

Answer 32

What do they represent?

Answer 33

@Kitt020912

Answer 34

A and B is what I refered to the probability of events A and B.

Answer 35

Okay.

Answer 36

So the answer would be:
(2/5) x (2/5)... Understand?

Answer 37

yes.

Answer 38

Thanks.

Answer 39

Que pensez-vous, Kitt?

Answer 40

so 4/25?

Answer 41

Yes.

Answer 42

thanks.:)