SOLUTION: A bag contains 6 cherry, 3 orange, and 2 lemon candies. You reach in and take 3 pieces of candy at random. Find the probability of all 3 cherry. Please solve and show work. Tha

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Question 977283: A bag contains 6 cherry, 3 orange, and 2 lemon candies. You reach in and take 3 pieces of candy at random. Find the probability of all 3 cherry. Please solve and show work. Thank you.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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For the first cherry,
P=6%2F11
For the second cherry,
P=5%2F10=1%2F2
For the third cherry,
P=4%2F9
Since all three are independent,
P=%286%2F11%29%281%2F2%29%284%2F9%29
highlight%28P=4%2F33%29