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?

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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?
Select one:

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