Garrett buys a bag of cookies that contains 6 chocolate chip cookies, 5 peanut butter cookies, 9 sugar cookies and 5 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Garrett reaches in the bag and randomly selects a sugar cookie from the bag, eats it, then reaches back in the bag and randomly selects an oatmeal cookie? Give your answer as a fraction, or accurate to at least 4 decimal places.

Garrett buys a bag of cookies that contains 6 chocolate chip cookies, 5 peanut butter cookies, 9 sugar cookies and 5 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Garrett reaches in the bag and randomly selects a sugar cookie from the bag, eats it, then reaches back in the bag and randomly selects an oatmeal cookie? Give your answer as a fraction, or accurate to at least 4 decimal places.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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