SOLUTION: Every cereal box has a gift inside, but you cannot tell from the outside what the gift is. The store manager assures you that 14 of the 41 boxes on the shelf have the secret decode

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Question 1187512: Every cereal box has a gift inside, but you cannot tell from the outside what the gift is. The store manager assures you that 14 of the 41 boxes on the shelf have the secret decoder ring. The other 27 boxes on the shelf have a different gift inside. If you randomly select two boxes of cereal from the shelf to purchase, what is the probability that BOTH of them have the secret decoder ring?
Answer by ikleyn(52784) About Me  (Show Source):
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    P = %2814%2F41%29%2A%2813%2F40%29 = 91%2F820 = 0.110976.    ANSWER

Solved.

The formula in my post is SELF-EXPLANATORY.