Question

A bag of Halloween M&M’s contains 4 orange, 5 brown and 6 yellow candies. Two candies are selected without replacement. Let the following events be defined as A = the same color, B = the first candy is brown, C = the second candy is yellow. Find the following probabilities; P(A) = ? P(B) =? P(C) = ? P(B or C) = ?

Answer 1

P(A)= 4+5+6= 15/2= 75%
P(B)= 6+4=10  5/10= 50%
P(C)= 5+4=9    6/9= 66.6%