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.

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Serga [27]

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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.

one of each flavor

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Elina [12.6K] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-09T03:59:06+03:00

Elina [12.6K]3 years ago

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Probability( cherry , orange then lemon = 6/11 * 3/10 * 2/9 = 36/990 = 2/55

There are 3! (=6) ways of ordering these selections so the required probability = (6*2) / 55 = 12/55 answer