A jar contains 5 purple, 6 yellow, 8 green, and 5 orange jellybeans. What is the probability of selecting a yellow jellybean followed by a purple one, with replacement?

Step-by-step explanation:

At the beginning, the jar contains the  following beans:

5 purple

6 yellow

8 green

5 orange

Therefore, the total number of jellybeans in the jar tha beginning is:

The number of yellow beans at the beginning is

Therefore, the of selecting a yellow jellybean at the beginning is

After selecting this yellow bean, the yellow bean it is replaced in the jar, so the number of total beans is still n = 24.

And the number of purple beans inside is

So, the probability of selecting a purple bean at the 2nd attempt is

Therefore, the combined probability of selecting a yellow jellybean followed by a purple one is

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