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Samantha has 20 pieces of candy in a bag: 3 mint sticks, 10 jelly treats, and 7 fruit tart chews. If she eats one piece every 6 minutes, what is the probability her first two pi…

Samantha has 20 pieces of candy in a bag: 3 mint sticks, 10 jelly treats, and 7 fruit tart chews. If she eats one piece every 6 minutes, what is the probability her first two pi…
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Samantha has 20 pieces of candy in a bag: 3 mint sticks, 10 jelly treats, and 7 fruit tart chews. If she eats one piece every 6 minutes, what is the probability her first two pieces will both be jelly treats?

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It is a 50 percent chance because she has ten jelly beans and there are 2o can all together so 10 out of 20 is 50%
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