There are 36 chocolates in a box, all identically shaped. There 13 are filled with nuts, 9 with caramel, and 14 are solid chocolate. You randomly select one piece, eat it, and then select a second piece. Find the probability of selecting 2 nut candies. 0.1238 0.111 None of the above

There are 36 chocolates in a box, all identically shaped. There 13 are filled with nuts, 9 with caramel, and 14 are solid chocolate. You randomly select one piece, eat it, and then select a second piece. Find the probability of selecting 2 nut candies. 0.1238 0.111 None of the above

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Total number of chocolates in a box is $= 36$

Number of chocolates filled with nuts are $= 13$

Number of chocolates filled with caramel are $= 9$

Number of solid chocolates are $= 14$

We need to compute the probability of selecting two nut candies.

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