the probability that he pulls a silver coin from both bags?

Question

Paul has two bags. The first bag has four red, one silver, three gold, and six blue coins. The second bag contains three red, two gold, five blue, and two silver coins. What is the probability that he pulls a silver coin from both bags?

1/84

3/26

1/168

1/42

Answer 1

These are independent events, so the probability is (1/14)(2/12) = (1/14)(1/6) = 1/84