9. Eric's mother wants to help him with his math homework. She puts 24 cookies in a cookie jar. Twelve (12) of the cookies are chocolate chip, 8 are oatmeal, and 4 are peanut butter. She then has Eric select a cookie from the jar without looking. Next, without replacing the first cookie, Eric picks a second cookie without looking in the jar, What is the probability Eric will pick an oatmeal cookie first and a chocolate chip cookie second?

a) 1/6
b) 4/23
c) 5/6
d) 59/69
23/24 x 22/24????

Please Help!!!!

first test is oatmeal

there are 8 oatmeal cookies out of the 24 in the jar so the probability of pulling an oatmeal cookie out is 8/24 = 1/3

Then we have 23 cookies in the jar and 12 are chocolate chip (sorry I did peanut butter)
so
1/3 * 12/23 = 4/23

oatmeal

8/24
pb
4/23

8/24 * 4/23 = 4/69

thank you

thats weird because when you put 4/69 i knew the answer was 4/23

thanks

To find the probability of Eric picking an oatmeal cookie first and a chocolate chip cookie second, we need to determine the total number of possible outcomes and the number of favorable outcomes.

Total number of possible outcomes:
Eric has 24 cookies in the jar, and he picks two cookies without replacement. So, the total number of possible outcomes is:

24 (options for the first cookie) * 23 (options for the second cookie) = 552

Number of favorable outcomes:
Eric needs to pick an oatmeal cookie first and a chocolate chip cookie second. The number of oatmeal cookies is 8, and once Eric picks an oatmeal cookie, the number of chocolate chip cookies is 12. So, the number of favorable outcomes is:

8 (oatmeal cookies) * 12 (chocolate chip cookies) = 96

Now, we can calculate the probability using:

Probability = Number of favorable outcomes / Total number of possible outcomes

Probability = 96 / 552

Simplifying further, we get:

Probability = 4 / 23

Therefore, the correct answer is option b) 4/23.

how did you got 8/24 * 4/23 = "4/69"?????????????????????

8 x 4 = 32
and
24 x 23 = 552

plus it not in one of the answers

but there's 4/23

please help