A cooler contains 4 cans of lemonade, 3 cans of apple juice, and 5 cans of iced tea. Without looking, Mr. Rackovan selects a can, hands it to his friend, and then selects another can. What is the probability that he selected 2 cans of iced tea? P (iced tea then iced tea)

Question 1 options:

about 0.174 or 17.4%


about 0.152 or 15.2%


about 0.138 or 13.8%


about 0.833 or 83.3%

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ANSWER

The number of lemonade in the can is 4. So we write,

[tex]n(L)=4[/tex]


The number of apple in the can is 3. So we write,

[tex]n(A)=3[/tex]



The number of iced tea in the can is 5. So we write,

[tex]n(I)=5[/tex].


The total number of drinks in the can,

[tex]n(S)=3+4+5=12[/tex].


Probability of selecting a can of an iced tea,

[tex]P(I)=\frac{n(I)}{n(S)}[/tex]


[tex]P(I)=\frac{5}{12}[/tex]


Since he selected the first one and gave it to his friend, the samples space as well as the number of iced tea will reduce by 1.

Probability of selecting a can of an iced tea again is,

[tex]P(I)=\frac{4}{11}[/tex].


Therefore probability of selecting 2 cans of an iced tea is

[tex]P(2 \:cans of\: iced \:tea)=\frac{5}{12} \times \frac{4}{11}[/tex]


[tex]P(2 \:cans of\: iced \:tea)=\frac{20}{132}[/tex]



[tex]P(2 \:cans of\: iced \:tea)=\frac{5}{33}[/tex]


[tex]P(2 \:cans of\: iced \:tea)=0.152 \: \:or \:\:15.12%[/tex].


The correct answer is option C