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document.write( "As Elizabeth leaves the Elite Cafe, she randomly selected 2 mint candies from a bowl containing a mixture of 22 green mints and 41 red mints. Find the probability that she gets (a) 1 green mint and 1 red mint (b) 2 green mints\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #582627 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=582627\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> As Elizabeth leaves the Elite Cafe, she randomly selected 2 mint candies from a bowl containing a mixture of 22 green mints and 41 red mints. Find the probability that she gets <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) 1 green mint and 1 red mint<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of green/red pairs:: 22*41 = 902<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of random pairs:: 63C2 = 1953<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(green/red pair) = 902/1953 = 0.4619<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) 2 green mints<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of green/green pairs: 22C2 = 231<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of random pairs:: 1953<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(green/green pair) = 231/1953 = 0.1183<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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