SOLUTION: A bag contains 2 pumpkin muffins and 3 bran muffins. Steven takes two muffins one after another without replacement. Find the probabilty of Steven randomly getting at least 1 pumpk

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Question 1140148: A bag contains 2 pumpkin muffins and 3 bran muffins. Steven takes two muffins one after another without replacement. Find the probabilty of Steven randomly getting at least 1 pumpkin muffin.
Answer by ikleyn(52803) About Me  (Show Source):
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The probability that he randomly will get no one pumpkin muffin is  %283%2F5%29%2A%282%2F4%29 = 3%2F10 = 0.3.


The probability that he randomly will get at least one pumpkin muffin is the complement to it, i.e.  1 - 0.3 = 0.7.   ANSWER