Question

Carrah has these cans of soup in her kitchen:
2 cans of tomato soup
3 cans of chicken soup
2 cans of cheese soup
2 cans of potato soup
1 can of beef soup
Carrah will randomly choose one can of soup. Then she will put it back and randomly choose another can of soup. What is the probability
that she will choose a can of tomato soup and then a can of cheese soup?

Answer 1

2/10 (or 1/5 ) Times 2/10 (or 1/5).

This will equal a 1 out of 25 chance.

You take the number of items you are looking for ( for example, 2 Tomato Cans) Divided by the total items you have (All 10 cans that are a possibility). Then you take your probabilities, and multiply them.