SOLUTION: in a bag of 40 mixed candies, 35 are hard candies, what is the probability of selecting 2 hard candy pieces without replacing the candy in two attempts?

Question 857127: in a bag of 40 mixed candies, 35 are hard candies, what is the probability of selecting 2 hard candy pieces without replacing the candy in two attempts?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

 

Hi,

in a bag of 40 mixed candies, 35 are hard candies

chose 2 w/o replacement

P(selecting 2 hard candies) =  

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