Imagine that I have a jar that contains 20 black poker chips and 40 red poker chips. What is the probability of selecting a red poker chip followed by a black poker chip?

What will be an ideal response?


(40/60) × (20/40) = 0.22

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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