SOLUTION: what is the probability of randomly drawing and immediately eating two red m&ms in a row from a bag that contains 8 red m&ms out of 40 m&ms total?
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Question 1148979: what is the probability of randomly drawing and immediately eating two red m&ms in a row from a bag that contains 8 red m&ms out of 40 m&ms total? Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source):
The probability of randomly drawing a red M&M first is 8/40.
The probability of then randomly drawing another red M&M is 7/39.
The probability of randomly drawing those two red M&Ms in succession is (8/40)(7/39); simplify the answer or convert to a decimal if required.
The probability of immediately eating those two red M&Ms can not be determined from the given information.
