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Every cereal box has a gift inside, but you cannot tell from the outside what the gift is. The store manager assures you that 20 of the 55 boxes on the shelf have the secret decoder ring. The other 35 boxes on the shelf have a different gift inside. If you randomly select two boxes of cereal from the shelf to purchase, what is the probability that BOTH of them have the secret decoder ring? (Give answer as a decimal correct to four decimal places.)

Every cereal box has a gift inside, but you cannot tell from the outside what the gift is. The store manager assures you that 20 of the 55 boxes on the shelf have the secret decoder ring. The other 35 boxes on the shelf have a different gift inside. If you randomly select two boxes of cereal from the shelf to purchase, what is the probability that BOTH of them have the secret decoder ring? (Give answer as a decimal correct to four decimal places.)

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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
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Every cereal box has a gift inside, but you cannot tell from the outside what the gift is. The store manager assures you that 20 of the 55 boxes on the shelf have the secret decoder ring. The other 35 boxes on the shelf have a different gift inside. If you randomly select two boxes of cereal from the shelf to purchase, what is the probability that BOTH of them have the secret decoder ring? (Give answer as a decimal correct to four decimal places.)
Transcribed Image Text:Every cereal box has a gift inside, but you cannot tell from the outside what the gift is. The store manager assures you that 20 of the 55 boxes on the shelf have the secret decoder ring. The other 35 boxes on the shelf have a different gift inside. If you randomly select two boxes of cereal from the shelf to purchase, what is the probability that BOTH of them have the secret decoder ring? (Give answer as a decimal correct to four decimal places.)
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