Suppose a bag contains 4 white chips and 6 black chips. What is the probability of randomly choosing a black chip, not replacing it, and then randomly choosing another black chip?

A. 9/25
B. 4/25
C. 1/3
D. 2/15

Respuesta :

Answer:

1/3

Step-by-step explanation:

product of probability of choosing black in first pick and second pick

6/10*5/9=1/3

Option C

The probability of randomly choosing a black chip, not replacing it, and then randomly choosing another black chip is [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]

Solution:

A bag contains 4 white chips and 6 black chips .

So, total number of chips are 10

We have to find the probability of randomly choosing a black chip, not replacing it, and then randomly choosing another black chip

Let A be the event of randomly choosing a black chip out of total 10 chips can be written as:-

[tex]\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{\text { Possible number of Black chips }}{\text { Total number of chips }}[/tex]

[tex]\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{6}{10}=\frac{3}{5}[/tex]

Let B be the next successive event in which the black chip is not replaced, so we are left with 4 White chips and 5 Black Chips

Now the probability of happening this event is :

[tex]\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=\frac{\text { Possible number of Black chips }}{\text { Total number of chips }}[/tex]

[tex]\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=\frac{5}{9}[/tex]

Since, these are successive cases so total probability is:

[tex]=\frac{3}{5} \times \frac{5}{9}=\frac{1}{3}[/tex]

Hence, the probability of happening given event is [tex]\frac{1}{3}[/tex]

Thus option C is correct