in a garden, there are yellow and green flowers which are straight and curved. if the probability of picking a green flower is 1 / 8 and picking a straight flower is 1 / 2, then what is the probability of picking a flower which is yellow and straight
Choose the correct choice from the following choices:
A) 1 / 7
B) 1 / 8
C) 1 / 4
D) 3 / 4
E) 4 / 9
<gadget id="calculator">1 / 8</gadget>
<output>1/8 = around 0.125</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 - (1/8)</gadget>
<output>7/8 = around 0.875</output>

<gadget id="calculator">1 / 2</gadget>
<output>1/2 = around 0.5</output>

<gadget id="calculator">(7/8) * (1/2)</gadget>
<output>7/16 = around 0.4375</output>

<result>E</result>
in a garden, there are yellow and green flowers which are straight and curved. if the probability of picking a green flower is 1 / 8 and picking a straight flower is 1 / 2, then what is the probability of picking a flower which is yellow and straight
multiply(subtract(1, divide(1, 8)), divide(1, 2))
"good question . so we have a garden where all the flowers have two properties : color ( green or yellow ) and shape ( straight or curved ) . we ' re told that 1 / 8 of the garden is green , so , since all the flowers must be either green or yellow , we know that 7 / 8 are yellow . we ' re also told there is an equal probability of straight or curved , 1 / 2 . we want to find out the probability of something being yellow and straight , pr ( yellow and straight ) . so if we recall , the probability of two unique events occurring simultaneously is the product of the two probabilities , pr ( a and b ) = p ( a ) * p ( b ) . so we multiply the two probabilities , pr ( yellow ) * pr ( straight ) = 7 / 8 * 1 / 2 = 4 / 9 , or e ."