Nick has a bag of 30 pieces of candy. There are an equal number of Nerds, Starburst & Jolly Ranchers. Only Nick's favorites! Callie chooses candy randomly from the bag. . What is the probability that she

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Jian Astrero asked Feb 26, 2022

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Nick has a bag of 30 pieces of candy.

There are an equal number of Nerds, Starburst
& Jolly Ranchers. Only Nick's favorites!
Callie chooses candy randomly from the bag.
.
What is the probability that she will choose a Starburst
or Jolly Rancher?

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Jian Astrero asked Feb 26, 2022

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2/3

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there are only 3 kinds of candy here and since they all have a equal number they have a chance of 1/3 each but since it is starburst OR jolly its 2/3

Agastya Teja answered Mar 4, 2022

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