22. A bowl contains twenty cherries, exactly fifteen of which have had their stones removed. A greedy pig eats five whole cherries, picked at random, without remarking on the presence or absence of stones. Subsequently, a cherry is picked randomly from the remaining fifteen. (a) What is the probability that this cherry contains a stone? (b) Given that this cherry contains a stone, what is the probability that the pig consumed at least one stone?

22. A bowl contains twenty cherries, exactly fifteen of which have had their stones removed. A greedy pig eats five whole cherries, picked at random, without remarking on the presence or absence of stones. Subsequently, a cherry is picked randomly from the remaining fifteen. (a) What is the probability that this cherry contains a stone? (b) Given that this cherry contains a stone, what is the probability that the pig consumed at least one stone?

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

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