Karin has 13 coins (2 quarters, 6 dimes, 4 nickels, and 1 penny) in a piggy bank. She turns the bank upside down and shakes the bank until a coin falls out, puts it aside, and the shakes until another coin falls out. What is the probability that the first coin is a nickel and the second coin is a quarter?

Karin has 13 coins (2 quarters, 6 dimes, 4 nickels, and 1 penny) in a piggy bank. She turns the bank upside down and shakes the bank until a coin falls out, puts it aside, and the shakes until another coin falls out. What is the probability that the first coin is a nickel and the second coin is a quarter?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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