The numbers 1,2,3,4, and 5 are written on slips of paper, and 2 slips are drawn at random one at a time without replacet. find the probability that the first number is 3, given that the sum is 4

Consider such events:

A - slip with number 3 is chosen;

B - the sum of numbers is 4.

You have to count

Use formula for conditional probability:

1. The event consists in selecting two slips, first is 3 and second should be 1, because the sum is 4. The number of favorable outcomes is exactly 1 and the number of all possible outcomes is 5·4=20 (you have 5 ways to select 1st slip and 4 ways to select 2nd slip). Then the probability of event is

2. The event consists in selecting two slips with the sum 4. The number of favorable outcomes is exactly 2 (1st slip 3 and 2nd slip 1 or 1st slip 1 and 2nd slip 3) and the number of all possible outcomes is 5·4=20 (you have 5 ways to select 1st slip and 4 ways to select 2nd slip). Then the probability of event is

3. Then

a) 0.25x times 3. (could be wrong on equation.)

b) 2.25 pound of dark chocolate. (can i eat all the chocolate? plz? anyway, again, could be wrong, but i hope im right. all the chocolate together should be 5.25 pounds)

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the answer

b. they are parallel and will never intersect.