In a dish there are 8 blue, 12 green, 4 pink, 6 red, and 4 yellow Skittles. Blindfolded, you take three Skittles from the dish. To three decimal places, find the probabillity that you: a) selected three green Skittles, assuming the Skittles were drawn without replacement b) selected one red and two blue Skittles (without replacement) c) selected three blue Skittles, assuming the Skittles were drawn with replacement

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In a dish there are 8 blue, 12 green, 4 pink, 6 red, and 4 yellow Skittles. Blindfolded, you take three Skittles from the dish. To three decimal places, find the probabillity that you:

a) selected three green Skittles, assuming the Skittles were drawn without replacement

b) selected one red and two blue Skittles (without replacement)

c) selected three blue Skittles, assuming the Skittles were drawn with replacement 

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