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Caitlyn buys a bag of cookies that contains 4 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 7 sugar cookies and 9 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Caitlyn randomly selects a chocolate chip cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects a peanut butter cookie? Express you answer as a reduced fraction.

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          Caitlyn buys a bag of cookies that contains 4 chocolate chip
cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 7 sugar cookies and 9 oatmeal
cookies. What is the probability that Caitlyn randomly selects a
chocolate chip cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects
a peanut butter cookie? Express you answer as a reduced
fraction.

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Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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07/25/2022

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Step 1:** Calculate the probability of randomly selecting a chocolate chip cookie from the bag: The probability of selecting a chocolate chip cookie = Number of chocolate chip cookies / Total number of cookies The probability of selecting a chocolate chip cookie = Show more…

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Caitlyn buys a bag of cookies that contains 4 chocolate chip cookies, 9 peanut butter cookies, 7 sugar cookies and 9 oatmeal cookies. What is the probability that Caitlyn randomly selects a chocolate chip cookie from the bag, eats it, then randomly selects a peanut butter cookie? Express you answer as a reduced fraction.