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. Answer in fractions 2)What is the probability of choosing a purple first,then replacing it back into the Bag, and then choosing 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. Answer in fractions 2)What is the probability of choosing a purple first,then replacing it back into the Bag, and then choosing a red?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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2)What is the probability of choosing a purple first,then replacing it back into the

Bag, and then choosing a red?

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