Find the Indicated Probability $\frac { 4 } { 5 }$

question 50

Multiple Choice

Find the indicated probability.
-Sammy and Sally each carry a bag containing a banana, a chocolate bar, and a licorice stick. Simultaneously, they take out a single food item and consume it. The possible pairs of food items that Sally and Sammy consumed are as follows.

chocolate bar - chocolate bar
licorice stick - chocolate bar
banana - banana
chocolate bar - licorice stick
licorice stick - licorice stick
chocolate bar - banana
banana - licorice stick
licorice stick - banana
banana - chocolate bar

Find the probability that at least one banana was eaten.

• A) \(\frac { 4 } { 5 }\)
• B) \(\frac { 5 } { 9 }\)
• C) \(\frac { 7 } { 9 }\)
• D) \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\)

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