document.write( "Question 412350: At a candy store, there are 200 pieces of bubble gum in a bubble gum machine.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " * Forty pieces are blue.
\n" ); document.write( " * Thirty-five pieces are red.
\n" ); document.write( " * Thirty pieces are green.
\n" ); document.write( " * Fifty pieces are yellow.
\n" ); document.write( " * Forty-five pieces are white.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If two pieces of bubble gum are purchased, what is the probability that both pieces will be yellow? \n" ); document.write( "

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At a candy store, there are 200 pieces of bubble gum in a bubble gum machine.
\n" ); document.write( "* Forty pieces are blue.
\n" ); document.write( "* Thirty-five pieces are red.
\n" ); document.write( "* Thirty pieces are green.
\n" ); document.write( "* Fifty pieces are yellow.
\n" ); document.write( "* Forty-five pieces are white.
\n" ); document.write( "If two pieces of bubble gum are purchased, what is the probability that both pieces will be yellow?
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\n" ); document.write( "P(2 yellow) = 50C2/200C2 = 1225/19900 =49/796
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