SOLUTION: there are 17 chocolates in a box, all identically shaped . There are 3 filled with nuts, 8 with caramel and 6 are solid chocolate. You randomly select one piece, eat it and then s

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Question 1104146: there are 17 chocolates in a box, all identically shaped . There are 3 filled with nuts, 8 with caramel and 6 are solid chocolate. You randomly select one piece, eat it and then select a second piece. Find the probability of selecting 2 solid chocolates in a row?
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There are 6 solid chocolate pieces in a box with
3%2B8%2B6=17 chocolates.
The probability of picking a solid chocolate for your first selection is
6%2F17 .
After that, there are 6-1=5 solid chocolate pieces,
out of a total of +17-1=16 chocolates in the box.
At that point, the probability of picking a solid chocolate for your second selection is
5%2F16 .
The probability of both selections being solid chocolate pieces is
%286%2F17%29%285%2F16%29=highlight%2815%2F136%29 .
That is about 0.1103=%2211.03%25%22 .