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 orange. Round your answer to the 4 decim

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Question 982047: 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 orange. Round your answer to the 4 decimal places.
Please solve and show work, as I never understand how to solve these types of problems. Thank you.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You start with 11 candies, 3 of them orange.
P%28O1%29=3%2F11
P%28O2%29=2%2F10
P%28O3%29=1%2F9
P%28O%2CO%2CO%29=%283%2F11%29%282%2F10%29%281%2F9%29
P%28O%2CO%2CO%29=1%2F165