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A bag of Jolly Ranchers contains: 2 red 1 blue 4 pink 3 green 5 purple Ms. McCorkle will select 2 Jolly Ranchers, without replacement. What is the probability that she will select a purple, then a green?
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A bag of Jolly Ranchers contains:

2 red
1 blue
4 pink
3 green
5 purple

Ms. McCorkle will select 2 Jolly Ranchers, without replacement. What is the probability that she will select a purple, then a green? Your answer should be a simplified fraction.

User Gautsch
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the chance she takes a purple is 5/15
simplified is 1/3
the chance she selects green is 3/15
simplified is 1/5
1/3 times 1/5 is 1/15
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