SOLUTION: there are 17 chocolates in a box, all identically shaped . There are 3 filled with nuts, 8 with caramel and 6 are solid chocolate. You randomly select one piece, eat it and then s

Question 1104146: there are 17 chocolates in a box, all identically shaped . There are 3 filled with nuts, 8 with caramel and 6 are solid chocolate. You randomly select one piece, eat it and then select a second piece. Find the probability of selecting 2 solid chocolates in a row?
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are solid chocolate pieces in a box with
chocolates.
The probability of picking a solid chocolate for your first selection is
.
After that, there are solid chocolate pieces,
out of a total of chocolates in the box.
At that point, the probability of picking a solid chocolate for your second selection is
.
The probability of both selections being solid chocolate pieces is
.
That is about .
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