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A cooler contains five​ colas, seven​ root beers, and four​ ginger ales.​ Three​ people grab a drink at random, one at a time. a) What is the probability that the first person grabs a cola, the second person grabs a ginger ale, and the third person grabs ​ b) What is the probability that the third person grabs a root beer given that the first two grabbed colas?

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The probabilities are:

a) P = 0.024

b) P = 0.5

How to get the probabilities?

a) The probability that the first person grabs a cola is given by the quotient between the number of colas and the total number of drinks.

There are 5 colas, and 16 drinks in total, so the probability is:

P = 5/16

The second person needs to grab a ginger ale, now there are 15 drinks on the cooler (because one cola was taken) so this time the probability is:

Q = 4/15

Finally, the third person grabs (this is incomplete, I will assume that is another cola), this probability is:

Z = 4/14

The joint probability is:

prob = P*Q*Z = (5/16)*(4/15)*(4/14) = 0.024

b) If the two first persons grabed colas, then in the cooler we have:

3 colas, 7 root beers, and 4 ginger ales, for a total of 14 drinks.

Then the probability of grabbing a root beer is:

p = 7/14 = 1/2 = 0.5

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