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A bag contains 5 chocolate,3 peanut butter,4 oatmeal, and 4 sugar cookies. If 2 cookies are selected randomly, what is the probablity they will be the same kind?

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The probability that the two cookies will be of the same kind is 5/16 for chocolate, 3/16 for peanut butter, 4/16 (1/4) for oatmeal, and 4/16 (1/4) for sugar. That's all I can say.
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