The basket contains snacks. The baskets contain 12 bags of peanuts, of which 7 are reduced sodium and 8 granola bars of which 3 are reduced sodium. If you randomly select one snack from each basket what is the probability that both snacks are reduced sodium and one snack is a bag of peanuts and the other is a granola bar?

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Cory Patterson

23 April, 19:14

The basket contains snacks. The baskets contain 12 bags of peanuts, of which 7 are reduced sodium and 8 granola bars of which 3 are reduced sodium. If you randomly select one snack from each basket what is the probability that both snacks are reduced sodium and one snack is a bag of peanuts and the other is a granola bar?

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Reduced sodium peanuts: 7

normal peanuts: 5

reduced sodium granola bars: 3

normal granola bars: 5

probability of getting a reduced sodium peanut bag: 7/12

probability of getting a reduced sodium granola bar: 3/8

multiply the probabilities because they're separate events:

7/12 * 3/8=

(7*3) / (12*8) =

21/96=

7/32