A bag of Halloween M& M's contains 4 orange, 5 brown and 6 yellow candies. Two candies are selected without replacement. Let the following events be defined as A = the same color, B = the first candy is brown, C = the second candy is yellow. Find the following probabilities; P (A) = ? P (B) = ? P (C) = ? P (B or C) = ?

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Carley Murillo

23 September, 15:29

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Michelle Lowe · Answer 1

P (A) = 4+5+6 = 15/2 = 75%

P (B) = 6+4=10 5/10 = 50%

P (C) = 5+4=9 6/9 = 66.6%