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In a bag of candy, there are 2 cinnamon, 1 butterscotch, and 2 peppermints. What is the probability of randomly selecting a peppermint?

User Slugart
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Answer:

2/5

Explanation:

The probability is 2/5.There are five in all and two peppermint.Put it as a fraction and you get 2/5.

User Nocash
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Answer:

2/5

Explanation:

The total number of candies are 2+1+2 = 5 candies

P (peppermint) = number of peppermints/total

=2/5

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