A bag contains 18 good and 12 bad fruits if 2 are picked at random calcute the probability of 1. Both are good 2. Both are bad

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Here's how to calculate the probabilities for drawing fruits.

Given:
Number of good fruits = 18
Number of bad fruits = 12
Total number of fruits = 18+12=3018 + 12 = 30

1. Probability that both are good

  1. Calculate the probability of drawing the first good fruit.

    P(1st good)=Number of good fruitsTotal number of fruits=1830P(\text{1st good}) = \frac{\text{Number of good fruits}}{\text{Total number of fruits}} = \frac{18}{30}
  2. Calculate the probability of drawing a second good fruit, given the first was good and not replaced.

    After drawing one good fruit, there are 17 good fruits left and 29 total fruits.

    P(2nd good | 1st good)=1729P(\text{2nd good | 1st good}) = \frac{17}{29}
  3. Calculate the probability that both fruits drawn are good.

    P(both good)=P(1st good)×P(2nd good | 1st good)P(\text{both good}) = P(\text{1st good}) \times P(\text{2nd good | 1st good}) P(both good)=1830×1729P(\text{both good}) = \frac{18}{30} \times \frac{17}{29} P(both good)=35×1729P(\text{both good}) = \frac{3}{5} \times \frac{17}{29} P(both good)=51145P(\text{both good}) = \frac{51}{145}

    The probability that both fruits are good is 51145\boxed{\frac{51}{145}}.

    2. Probability that both are bad

  4. Calculate the probability of drawing the first bad fruit.

    P(1st bad)=Number of bad fruitsTotal number of fruits=1230P(\text{1st bad}) = \frac{\text{Number of bad fruits}}{\text{Total number of fruits}} = \frac{12}{30}
  5. Calculate the probability of drawing a second bad fruit, given the first was bad and not replaced.

    After drawing one bad fruit, there are 11 bad fruits left and 29 total fruits.

    P(2nd bad | 1st bad)=1129P(\text{2nd bad | 1st bad}) = \frac{11}{29}
  6. Calculate the probability that both fruits drawn are bad.

    P(both bad)=P(1st bad)×P(2nd bad | 1st bad)P(\text{both bad}) = P(\text{1st bad}) \times P(\text{2nd bad | 1st bad}) P(both bad)=1230×1129P(\text{both bad}) = \frac{12}{30} \times \frac{11}{29} P(both bad)=25×1129P(\text{both bad}) = \frac{2}{5} \times \frac{11}{29} P(both bad)=22145P(\text{both bad}) = \frac{22}{145}

    The probability that both fruits are bad is 22145\boxed{\frac{22}{145}}.

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