Question

A basket contains 13 pieces of fruit: 5 apples, 5 oranges, and 3 bananas. Jonas takes 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?

Answer 1

5/13*5/12
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Answer 2

wouldn't it be 5/12 because tree are 5 apples

Answer 3

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Answer 4

5/13*5/12
Do u get it?

Answer 5

A basket contains 13 pieces of fruit:

5 apples, 5 oranges, and 3 bananas.

Jonas takes 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
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P(J=orange) * P(B=apple,given J=orange)

Answer 6

J has 5 out of 13 to get an orange

given that J got an orange, the are 5 out of 12 for B to get an apple.

Answer 7

5/13*5/12

Answer 8

yes, that is what you would do. but we are running a study site, so we prefer to simply not give out direct answers that have no real study value.