You have a box full of objects (several thousand). One half of the objects are cubes, one quarter of the objects are spheres, and one quarter of the objects are pyramids. You draw two objects out of the box.  What is the probability that the first object is a cube and the second object is a pyramid?   Group of answer choices A. 1/8 B. 1/4 C. 1/2 D. 1/16

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You have a box full of objects (several thousand). One half of the objects are cubes, one quarter of the objects are spheres, and one quarter of the objects are pyramids.

You draw two objects out of the box.  What is the probability that the first object is a cube and the second object is a pyramid?

 

Group of answer choices
A. 1/8
B. 1/4
C. 1/2
D. 1/16
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