In a small bag of candy, there are 9 orange candies and 4 blue candies. You select 1 candy, eat it, and then select another. Find P(You select first an orange candy and then a blue candy).

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In a small bag of candy, there are 9 orange candies and 4 blue candies. You select 1 candy, eat it, and then select another.   Find P(You select first an orange candy and then a blue candy).

anonymous · Answer

probability first is orange is?

lexipoo1998 · Answer

What is P suppose to represent?

anonymous · Answer

In a small bag of candy, there are 9 orange candies and 4 blue candies. You select 1 candy, eat it, and then select another. 

Find P(You select first an orange candy and then a blue candy).

 		A.	9/26
 		B.	36/169
 		C.	1/36
 		D.	3/13

anonymous · Answer

the probability the first is orange is $\frac{9}{13}$

anonymous · Answer

then the probability that the second is blue, if the first was orange, is $\frac{4}{12}=\frac{1}{3}$

anonymous · Answer

multiply these two numbers together for your answer

anonymous · Answer

is it 3/13