Question

In a small bag of M&Ms, there are 8 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). Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

the first time you select, you have 8 orange candies out fo 12 total candies...the probability of selecting an orange on that first one would be 8/12 = 2/3

on the second draw, you have 4 blue candies, but now only have 11 total candies to choose from...the probabiity of selecting a blue on the second one would be 4/11

multiply these two together to get the probability of drawing anorange then a blue.