SOLUTION: For a certain bag of candy , 15% of the pieces are yellow, 15% are red, 15& are blue and 5% are green and the rest are brown. If you pick three pieces in a row from this bag with r

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Question 765472: For a certain bag of candy , 15% of the pieces are yellow, 15% are red, 15& are blue and 5% are green and the rest are brown. If you pick three pieces in a row from this bag with replacement, what is the probability that they are all brown?

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For a certain bag of candy , 15% of the pieces are yellow, 15% are red, 15& are blue and 5% are green and the rest are brown. If you pick three pieces in a row from this bag with replacement, what is the probability that they are all brown?
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probability = %281+-+%280.15+%2B+0.15+%2B+0.15+%2B+0.05%29%29%5E3 = 0.5%5E3 = 0.125 or 12.5%