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QuestionWhat is the probability that Jonah picks an oatmeal cookie and then a sugar cookie from a bag of 6 chocolate chip, 5 peanut butter, 5 sugar, and 7 oatmeal cookies? Express as a reduced fraction.

Studdy Solution

STEP 1

Assumptions1. The bag contains6 chocolate chip cookies,5 peanut butter cookies,5 sugar cookies and7 oatmeal cookies. . Jonah randomly selects a cookie from the bag each time.
3. After selecting a cookie, Jonah eats it, meaning it is removed from the bag and cannot be selected again.

STEP 2

First, we need to calculate the total number of cookies in the bag. We can do this by adding the number of each type of cookie.
Totalcookies=Chocolatechipcookies+Peanutbuttercookies+Sugarcookies+OatmealcookiesTotal\, cookies = Chocolate\, chip\, cookies + Peanut\, butter\, cookies + Sugar\, cookies + Oatmeal\, cookies

STEP 3

Now, plug in the given values for the number of each type of cookie to calculate the total number of cookies.
Totalcookies=6+5+5+7Total\, cookies =6 +5 +5 +7

STEP 4

Calculate the total number of cookies in the bag.
Totalcookies=6+++7=23Total\, cookies =6 + + +7 =23

STEP 5

The probability of randomly selecting an oatmeal cookie from the bag is the number of oatmeal cookies divided by the total number of cookies.
(Oatmeal)=atmealcookiesTotalcookies(Oatmeal) = \frac{atmeal\, cookies}{Total\, cookies}

STEP 6

Plug in the values for the number of oatmeal cookies and the total number of cookies to calculate the probability of selecting an oatmeal cookie.
(Oatmeal)=23(Oatmeal) = \frac{}{23}

STEP 7

After Jonah eats the oatmeal cookie, the total number of cookies in the bag decreases by one. So, the new total number of cookies isNewtotalcookies=Totalcookies1New\, total\, cookies = Total\, cookies -1

STEP 8

Calculate the new total number of cookies in the bag.
Newtotalcookies=231=22New\, total\, cookies =23 -1 =22

STEP 9

The probability of randomly selecting a sugar cookie from the bag after eating the oatmeal cookie is the number of sugar cookies divided by the new total number of cookies.
(Sugar)=SugarcookiesNewtotalcookies(Sugar) = \frac{Sugar\, cookies}{New\, total\, cookies}

STEP 10

Plug in the values for the number of sugar cookies and the new total number of cookies to calculate the probability of selecting a sugar cookie.
(Sugar)=522(Sugar) = \frac{5}{22}

STEP 11

The probability of both events happening (selecting an oatmeal cookie and then a sugar cookie) is the product of the individual probabilities.
(OatmealandSugar)=(Oatmeal)times(Sugar)(Oatmeal\, and\, Sugar) =(Oatmeal) \\times(Sugar)

STEP 12

Plug in the values for the probability of selecting an oatmeal cookie and the probability of selecting a sugar cookie to calculate the probability of both events happening.
(OatmealandSugar)=723times522(Oatmeal\, and\, Sugar) = \frac{7}{23} \\times \frac{5}{22}

STEP 13

Calculate the probability of both events happening.
(OatmealandSugar)=723times522=35506(Oatmeal\, and\, Sugar) = \frac{7}{23} \\times \frac{5}{22} = \frac{35}{506}The probability that Jonah randomly selects an oatmeal cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects a sugar cookie is35/506.

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