A bag of colored candies contains 250 pieces of candy in six different colors. Color     Number Brown-    28 Red-        72 Yellow-    32 Green-    50 Orange-  32 Blue-       36 a) If a piece of candy is selected at random, find the probability that it is red. b) If a piece of candy is selected at random, find the probability that it is green or brown. c) If you select two pieces of candy at random and eat the first piece before selecting the second piece, find the probability that both pieces are orange.

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A bag of colored candies contains 250 pieces of candy in six different colors.
Color     Number
Brown-    28
Red-        72
Yellow-    32
Green-    50
Orange-  32
Blue-       36
a) If a piece of candy is selected at random, find the probability that it is red.
b) If a piece of candy is selected at random, find the probability that it is green or brown.
c) If you select two pieces of candy at random and eat the first piece before selecting the second piece, find the
probability that both pieces are orange.
d) If you select two pieces of candy at random and eat the first piece before selecting the second piece, find the
probability that the first piece is blue and the second is yellow.
e) If you select two pieces of candy at random and eat the first piece before selecting the second piece, find the
probability that neither piece is green.

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