SOLUTION: In a candy dish there are 6 purple candies and 8 blue candies. If 3 candies are randomly chosen from the dish, what is the probability of choosing 2 purple candies?

Question 614741: In a candy dish there are 6 purple candies and 8 blue candies. If 3 candies are randomly chosen from the dish, what is the probability of choosing 2 purple candies?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In a candy dish there are 6 purple candies and 8 blue candies. If 3 candies are randomly chosen from the dish, what is the probability of choosing exactly 2 purple candies?
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Ans without replacement and assuming you mean exactly 2 purple:
# of ways to succeed: 6C2*8 = 15*8 = 120
# of random sets of 3: 14C3 = 364
Ans: 120/364 = 0.3297
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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