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A cast member is selling balloons on Main Street. He has 8

princess balloons, 5 blue Mickey balloons, and 7 red Mickey
balloons. He sells one balloon, and then another (no replacing).
Find the probability of selling one blue balloon followed by
another blue balloon and show the equation used.

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Answer:

4/76 or simplified as 1/19

Explanation:

5/20 is for the probability of the first balloon

4/19 is for the probability of the second balloon

5/20 can be simplified to 1/4 so 1/4 x 4/19 = 4/76

4/76 can also be simplified to 1/19

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