In a fishbowl, there are 40 slips of paper with the following marking distinctions: 3 have A's, 8 have B's, 20 have C's, 5 have D's, and 4 have E's. What is the probability of choosing 2 slips with E's? Additional: what is the probabiity of selecting 2 C's?

In a fishbowl, there are 40 slips of paper with the following marking distinctions: 3 have A's, 8 have B's, 20 have C's, 5 have D's, and 4 have E's. What is the probability of choosing 2 slips with E's? Additional: what is the probabiity of selecting 2 C's?

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Solve these probability questions: 1. In a fishbowl, there are 40 slips of paper with the following marking distinctions: 3 have A's, 8 have B's, 20 have C's, 5 have D's, and 4 have E's. What is the probability of choosing 2 slips with E's? Additional: what is the probabiity of selecting 2 C's? 2. If a bag contains 5 white marbles, 3 brown marbles, and 11 red marbles, what are the chances of drawing a white or brown marble? 3. What is the probability of choosing 2 numbers containing the digit 3 from the following set, {384, 297, 885, 239, 27, 583, 42, 531, 2, 1,031, 475, 629}, if each member of the set is written on a slip of paper and placed in a box?

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