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Answer:
B. 7/60
Explanation:
Given;
Number of oatmeal cookies = 8
Number of peanut butter cookies = 7
Number of sugar cookies = 10
Total number of cookies = 8 + 7 + 10 = 25
So the probability of Ivan pulling a peanut butter cookie from the jar can be determined as seen below;
[tex]\begin{gathered} P(\text{peanut butter cookie) }=\frac{\text{ number of peanut butter cookies}}{\text{Total number of cookies}} \\ P(\text{peanut butter cookie) }=\frac{7}{25} \end{gathered}[/tex]So if Ivan ate the peanut butter cookie he pulled (he did not replace it), it means that the total number of cookies will be 24, so the probability of pulling a sugar cookie from the jar will now be;
[tex]\begin{gathered} P(sugar\text{ cookie) }=\frac{\text{ number of sugar cookies}}{\text{Total number of cookies}} \\ P(sugar\text{ cookie) }=\frac{10}{24}=\frac{5}{12} \end{gathered}[/tex]So we can determine the probability that Ivan will pull a peanut butter cookie from the jar, eats it, then pulls a sugar cookie from the jar by multiplying the above probabilities;
[tex]P(peanut,sugar)=\frac{7}{25}\times\frac{5}{12}=\frac{7}{5}\times\frac{1}{12}=\frac{7}{60}[/tex]Therefore, the probability is 7/60
