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A jar contains 3 pink balls, 6 blue balls, and 3 red balls.
Event A = drawing a red ball on the first draw
Event B = drawing a pink ball on the second draw
If two balls are drawn from the jar, one after the other without replacement, what is P(A and B) expressed in simplest form?

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A jar contains 3 pink balls, 6 blue balls, and 3 red balls.
Event A = drawing a red ball on the first draw 
Event B = drawing a pink ball on the second draw
If two balls are drawn from the jar, one after the other without replacement, what is P(A and B) expressed in simplest form?

werewolves15 · Answer

What do you think the answer is?

sadpsychedelickid · Answer

I know that it's started at 5/12 and then goes to 4/11. It gets confusing from there.

werewolves15 · Answer

It would start with 3/12 for red which we can then reduce to simplest form which would be 1/4. Then for pink it would be 3/11. You would then multiply 1/4*3/11=3/44. This is the answer in simplest form.