Lara has a tin of peanuts, cashews, and pecans. She will pick a second nut without looking. How many outcomes are there for her two picks?

Possible procedures:
1). peanut, peanut 2). peanut, cashew 3). peanut, pecan 4). cashew, peanut 5). cashew, cashew 6). cashew, pecan 7). pecan, peanut 8). pecan, cashew 9). pecan, pecan.
Nine (9) possible procedures. But ... (2) and (4) produce the same final result. (3) and (7) produce the same final result. (6) and (8) produce the same final result.
So there are only six (6) possible different outcomes.

Answered by AL2006 | 2024-06-10

There are six different possiblities of what she picks up.

Answered by vaibhavay | 2024-06-10

Lara has three types of nuts to choose from: peanuts, cashews, and pecans. For two picks without looking, the total number of possible outcomes is 9, calculated as 3 choices for the first nut multiplied by 3 choices for the second nut. The possible combinations include all pairs of the three nut types, allowing for repetitions.
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Answered by AL2006 | 2024-12-24