SOLUTION: a cooler contains 10 sodas. 4 Colas, 5 orange, and 1 cherry. Two are selected at random without replacement. what is the probability that at least one can is cola?

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Question 447999: a cooler contains 10 sodas. 4 Colas, 5 orange, and 1 cherry. Two are selected at random without replacement. what is the probability that at least one can is cola?
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a cooler contains 10 sodas. 4 Colas, 5 orange, and 1 cherry. Two are selected at random without replacement. what is the probability that at least one can is cola?
We get the probability of the complement event of getting two non-colas
and subtract from 1:

There are 6 non-colas.  So the probability of getting two non-colas is



Therefore the probability of getting at least one cola is



Edwin
Answer by rwm(914)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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