A coin purse contains: - 9 quarters
- 5 dimes
- 7 pennies
- 4 nickels
A coin is drawn from the coin purse and spent. A second coin is drawn from the coin purse and spent. What is the probability that the first coin drawn was a dime and the second coin drawn was a nickel?

step-by-step explanation:

the answer i believe is 27 units.

step-by-step explanation:

take the logarithm of both sides (the base of the log doesn't matter):

apply the exponent property - this says that :

distribute the log terms on both sides:

group like terms together:

divide through both sides by the coefficient on :

you can do some additional rewriting here using the properties of the logarithm to simplify things if you like: