You went trick-or-treating to your neighbor, Elphaba, on a Halloween night. She has 9 brown bags and 3 purple bags filled with candies. Each brown bag contains 30 chocolate candies and 15 cinnamon candies. Each purple bag contains 12 vanilla candies and 18 peppermint candies. Elphaba randomly picks one bag, randomly pulls out one candy out of it, and gives it to you. What is the conditional probability of you getting a peppermint candy given that she picked the purple b

You went trick-or-treating to your neighbor, Elphaba, on a Halloween night. She has 9 brown bags and 3 purple bags filled with candies. Each brown bag contains 30 chocolate candies and 15 cinnamon candies. Each purple bag contains 12 vanilla candies and 18 peppermint candies. Elphaba randomly picks one bag, randomly pulls out one candy out of it, and gives it to you. What is the conditional probability of you getting a peppermint candy given that she picked the purple b

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