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

Answer 1

The chance that Jonas get orange is 5/15. After Jonas got an orange, there is only 14 pieces of fruit left, so the chance Beth will get an apple would be 7/14. All you need to do is multiply (5/15) and (7/14) to get the answer.

Answer 2

Would that be C. 1/6?

Answer 3

Yes! Good job!

Answer 4

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