John’s piggy bank contained 7 dimes and 3 quarters. He pulled out 1 coin without looking. Without replacing the first coin, John then pulled out a second coin. What is the probability that both coins were dimes? Express your answer in simplest form.

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11-01-2016
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John’s piggy bank contained 7 dimes and 3 quarters. He pulled out 1 coin without looking. Without replacing the first coin, John then pulled out a second coin. What is the probability that both coins were dimes? Express your answer in simplest form.

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Аноним Аноним · Answer 1 · 2016-01-11T20:14:48+01:00

Probability Trees - See linked image

A good visual method for this is a probability tree.

Each set of branches represents the probabilities of on coin being removed, the second set is out of 9 as the first coin is taken and not replaced.
Multiply along the lines to work out the probability of each of the combinations.

*Even though only 'Dime Dime' is needed, it is best to do all of them as this way you are able to get all marks in an exam; you can also add up all the final values as a check to see if you are right.