A box has 19 candies in it: 2 are peppermint, 7 are caramel, and 10 are taffy. (Each candy falls into only one of these categories.) Yoko wants to select twocandies to eat for dessert. The first candy will be selected at random, and then the second candy will be selected at random from the remaining candies. What isthe probability that the first candy selected is caramel and the second candy is taffy?Do not round your intermediate computations. Round your final answer to three decimal places.

It is given that Total candies = 19 Number of peppermint candies = 2 Number of caramel candies = 7…

A box has 19 candies in it: 2 are peppermint, 7 are caramel, and 10 are taffy. (Each candy falls into only one of these categories.) Yoko wants to select two candies to eat for dessert. The first candy will be selected at random, and then the seond candy will be selected at random from the remaining candies. What is the probability that the first candy selected is caramel and the second candy is taffy?

A box has 19 candies in it: 2 are peppermint, 7 are caramel, and 10 are taffy. (Each candy falls into only one of these categories.) Yoko wants to select two candies to eat for dessert. The first candy will be selected at random, and then the seond candy will be selected at random from the remaining candies. What is the probability that the first candy selected is caramel and the second candy is taffy?

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events

Problem 2C

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