A Section of an Exam Contains Two Multiple-Choice Questions, Each $5 / 9$

question 74

Multiple Choice

A section of an exam contains two multiple-choice questions, each with three answer choices (listed "A", "B", and "C") . Assuming the outcomes to be equally likely, find the probability (as a reduced fraction) that the second answer is either "B" or "C". [Hint: List all the outcomes of the sample space first.]

• A) \(5 / 9\)
• B) \(1 / 3\)
• C) \(7 / 9\)
• D) \(2 / 3\)

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