You have a box full of objects (several thousand)One half of the objects are cubes, one quarter o the objects are spheresand one quarter of the objects are pyramids You draw two objects out of the boxWhat is the probability that the first object is a cube and the second object is a pyramid ?

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You have a box full of objects (several thousand)One half of the objects are cubes, one quarter o the objects are spheresand one quarter of the objects are pyramids You draw two objects out of the boxWhat is the probability that the first object is a cube and the second object is a pyramid ?

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A box full of objects (several thousand)One half of the objects are cubes, one quarter o the objects are spheresand one quarter of the objects are pyramids

Let A box full of objects=1000
Cube objects=(1/2)×1000=500
Spheresand objects =(1/4)×1000=250
Pyramid=(1/4)×1000=250

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