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There are four types of candy in a bag – starbursts, jolly ranchers, snickers and milky ways. At random, the probability of picking a starburst is 2/5, a jolly rancher is 18% and a milky way is 0.2. What is the probability of picking a snickers at random? * A. 22% B. 23% C 21% D 20%

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Answer:

A) 22%

Explanation:

probabilities of selecting:

starburst = .40

jolly = .18

milky = .20

These probabilities total 78% which means the other 22% must be what remains for snickers.

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