SOLUTION: in a bag of 40 mixed candies, 35 are hard candies, what is the probability of selecting 2 hard candy pieces without replacing the candy in two attempts?

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Question 857127: in a bag of 40 mixed candies, 35 are hard candies, what is the probability of selecting 2 hard candy pieces without replacing the candy in two attempts?
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Hi,

in a bag of 40 mixed candies, 35 are hard candies

chose 2 w/o replacement

P(selecting 2 hard candies) = %2835%2F40%29%2834%2F39%29