A snack-size bag of M&Ms candies contains 14 red candies, 10 blue, 9green, 13 brown, 3 orange, and 12 yellow. If a candy is randomly picked from the bag, compute the following. (a) the odds of getting a green M&M     (b) the probability of getting a green M&M

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Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
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A snack-size bag of M&Ms candies contains 14 red candies, 10 blue, 9green, 13 brown, 3 orange, and 12 yellow. If a candy is randomly picked from the bag, compute the following.

(a) the odds of getting a green M&M
 
 

(b) the probability of getting a green M&M

 

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