A box has  19  candies in it:  2  are butterscotch,  7  are caramel, and  10  are taffy. Chau 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 butterscotch and the second candy is caramel?

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A box has 

19

 candies in it: 

2

 are butterscotch, 

7

 are caramel, and 

10

 are taffy. Chau 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 butterscotch and the second candy is caramel?

 

Do not round your intermediate computations. Round your final answer to three decimal places.

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