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Chuck has 20 pieces of candy in a bag: 8 mint sticks, 2 jelly treats, and 10 fruit tart chews. If he eats one piece every 10 minutes, what is the probability his first two pieces will both be mint sticks?
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Chuck has 20 pieces of candy in a bag: 8 mint sticks, 2 jelly treats, and 10 fruit tart chews. If he eats one piece every 10 minutes, what is the probability his first two pieces will both be mint sticks?

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The answer is 16% because if you add all those candies up you’ll get 50 and 8/50 as a percentage is 16%
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