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Exercise 9

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A box contains four black pieces of cloth, two striped pieces, and six dotted pieces. A piece is selected randomly and then placed back in the box. A second piece is selected randomly. What is the probability that:

  1. both pieces are dotted?

  2. the first piece is black, and the second piece is dotted?

  3. one piece is black, and one piece is striped?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §4.2 Theoretical Probability, Exercise 9

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