Permutation or Combination?
I'm stuck on word problems ..
such as this one:
A local vendor is giving away treats. Two baskets contain 12 bags of chips and 10 candy bars. If you randomly select one treat from each basket, what is the probability that both of the treats are candy bars?

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Permutation or Combination?
I'm stuck on word problems ..
such as this one:
A local vendor is giving away treats. Two baskets contain 12 bags of chips and 10 candy bars. If you randomly select one treat from each basket, what is the probability that both of the treats are candy bars?

amistre64 · Answer

niether P or C?

amistre64 · Answer

does each basket contian 12 and 10 equally?

anonymous · Answer

it doesn't really say, that's all the word problem says

amistre64 · Answer

22 items in each;  10 out of 22 and 10 out of 22

anonymous · Answer

I've been getting problems like these on my h.w, but I get stuck on how to set up the problems as well, besides trying to figure out which formula to use

amistre64 · Answer

if you spend all your life trying to find formulas, youll never learn the solutions :)

anonymous · Answer

im an independent student, there are tutors in my school but they don't help much.. :/

amistre64 · Answer

what is the fundamental calculation for probability?

anonymous · Answer

uhmm, depends on events and outcomes right? dunno, this is supposedly geometry ..

anonymous · Answer

trying to do a quiz too but it wont let me go back to study the permutations/combinations

amistre64 · Answer

the number of favorable outcomes, divided by the total number of possible outcomes

amistre64 · Answer

it this case, we have 10 favorable oucomes ... since theres 10 candy bars

there are 22 items altogether in the basket.

the probabilty  of pulling a candy is therefore:  10/22,  and its the same for the next basket pull since it still has 10 out of 22

amistre64 · Answer

now if you havent learned yet;  when outcomes are independant, we can multiply thier probabilties

so that gives us:  10/22 * 10/22 = (10/22)^2 for this case

anonymous · Answer

I see what you mean, that would be though it doesn't seem to be an answer, see, that would mean it would be 0.20, which would be 20/100 right?

anonymous · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

5/11)^2 = 25/121

amistre64 · Answer

ive seen papers with typos many many times before.  but unless if missed something, then there isnt much more to work with

amistre64 · Answer

@rational  any thoughts?

anonymous · Answer

how are the candy bars and chips distributed?  does each basket have 10 candy bars and 12 chips or ?

amistre64 · Answer

right, the information given is rather vague

anonymous · Answer

each basket has 12 bags of chips and 10 candy bars