A cooler contains 7 cans of soda; 3 colas, 3 orange, and 1 cherry. Two cans are selected at random without replacement. Find the probability that at least one can is orange.

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A cooler contains 7 cans of soda; 3 colas, 3 orange, and 1 cherry. Two cans are selected at random without replacement. Find the probability that at least one can is orange.

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P(NOT Orange)=(4/7)(3/6)

P(NOT Organge)=2/7

P(O>0)=1-2/7

P(O>0)=5/7

So the probability of at least one orange can is 5/7

Luis Henrique answered Dec 7, 2018

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