You have a bag of fourteen candies; 2 each of purple, green and yellow, and 4 each of pink and red. Calculate the following probabilities 5) What is the probability of choosing a green, not replacing it back into the bag, and then choosing a red? 6) What is the probability of choosing, without replacement, a purple, then a green, then a yellow, then a pink and finally a red?

You have a bag of fourteen candies; 2 each of purple, green and yellow, and 4 each of pink and red. Calculate the following probabilities 5) What is the probability of choosing a green, not replacing it back into the bag, and then choosing a red? 6) What is the probability of choosing, without replacement, a purple, then a green, then a yellow, then a pink and finally a red?

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Candy Probability
You have a bag of fourteen candies; 2 each of purple, green and yellow, and 4 each of
pink and red. Calculate the following probabilities

5) What is the probability of choosing a green, not replacing it back into the bag,
and then choosing a red?

6) What is the probability of choosing, without replacement, a purple, then a
green, then a yellow, then a pink and finally a red?

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