Use counting arguments from the preceding chapter. my couch potato friend enjoys sitting in front of the tv and grabbing handfuls of 5 chocolates at random from his snack jar. unbeknownst to him, i have replaced one of the 20 chocolates in his jar with a cashew. (he hates cashews with a passion.) how many possible outcomes are there the first time he grabs 5 chocolates?

The total possible outcomes are 15,504.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the provided information.

My couch potato friend enjoys sitting in front of the TV and grabbing handfuls of 5 chocolates at random from his snack jar.

The jar has 20 items and we need to find the possible outcomes are there the first time he grabs 5 chocolates.

Here the sample space S is the set of 5 chocolates.

Therefore,

Hence, the total possible outcomes are 15,504.