Question

The letters of the word Mississippi are placed in a hat. What is the probability that the first two letters drawn are both i if the first letter drawn is not replaced?

Answer 1

There are a total of 11's in the word Mississippi.

The first draw is simply 4/11

The second draw, there is one less i, which means one less total letter.

3/10

4/11 x 3/10=?

Answer 2

how would i multiply those fractions? @dtan5457

Answer 3

Just go straight through with the numerators and denominators

Answer 4

4 x 3 and 11 x 10

Answer 5

12/110?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

thank you so much for explaining