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In a small bag of candy, there are 10 orange candies and 4 blue candies. You select 1 candy, eat it, and then select another. Find P(You select first an orange candy and then a blue candy).
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In a small bag of candy, there are 10 orange candies and 4 blue candies. You select 1 candy, eat it, and then select another. Find P(You select first an orange candy and then a blue candy).
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the answer is .22
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P of first candy being orange = 10 / 14
P of second one being blue = 4 / 13
(since you ate an orange one, you still have 4 blue candies, but total og 13 candies.
Now multiply the two Ps. 10/14 * 4/13 = 20/91 = roughly 0.24
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