Carcass wrote:
An ice cream shop sells 9 different flavors of ice cream, including vanilla and chocolate. If two different flavors are chosen at random to create a daily special, what is the probability that chocolate is chosen, but vanilla is not?
(A) \(\frac{7}{22}\)
(B) \(\frac{7}{36}\)
(C) \(\frac{1}{36}\)
(D) \(\frac{7}{12}\)
(E) \(\frac{1}{18}\)
P(chocolate but not vanilla chosen) = P(1st scoop is chocolate
AND 2nd scoop is NOT vanilla
OR 1st scoop is neither chocolate nor vanilla
AND 2nd scoop is chocolate)
= P(1st scoop is chocolate
AND 2nd scoop is NOT vanilla)
+ P(1st scoop is neither chocolate nor vanilla
AND 2nd scoop is chocolate)
= (1/9
x 7/8)
+ (7/9
x 1/8)
= 7/72
+ 7/72
= 14/72
= 7/36
Answer: B