A bowl of candy contains 21 green, 8 white, and 16 orange candies. TWO candies are randomly selected from the bowl. d) Find the number in the sample space of this experiment.  n(S)= ?  Write your answer as a whole number. e) Find the probability of event E: selecting 1 white candy and 1 orange candy. p(E)= ? Write your answer as a percent rounded to one decimal place.

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A bowl of candy contains 21 green, 8 white, and 16 orange candies.

TWO candies are randomly selected from the bowl.

d) Find the number in the sample space of this experiment. 

n(S)= ? 

Write your answer as a whole number.

e) Find the probability of event E: selecting 1 white candy and 1 orange candy.

p(E)= ?

Write your answer as a percent rounded to one decimal place.

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