A box has 13 candies in it: 5 are caramel,4 are peppermint, and 4 are taffy. (Each candy falls into only one of these categories.) David wants to select two candies to eat for dessert. The first candy will be selected at random, and then the second candy will be selected at random from the remaining candies. What is the probability that the first candy selected is caramel and the second candy is peppermint?

A box has 13 candies in it: 5 are caramel,4 are peppermint, and 4 are taffy. (Each candy falls into only one of these categories.) David wants to select two candies to eat for dessert. The first candy will be selected at random, and then the second candy will be selected at random from the remaining candies. What is the probability that the first candy selected is caramel and the second candy is peppermint?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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