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A box has candies in it: are taffy, are peppermint, and are caramel. (Each candy falls into only one of these categories.) Brian wants to select two candies to eat for dessert. The first candy will be selected at random, and then the second candy will be selected at random from the remaining candies. What is the probability that the first candy selected is taffy and the second candy is caramel?
Do not round your intermediate computations. Round your final answer to three decimal places.


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Probability that the first candy selected is taffy and the second candy is caramel is 0.144.

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A box has 18 candies in it: 3 are peppermint, 4 are caramel, and 11 are taffy.

What is Probability ?

Probability can be defined as the study of likelihood of an event to happen.

It has a range of 0 to 1.

Probability is the ratio of the expected outcomes / total coutcome.

Total outcomes = 18

The probability that the first candy is taffy is 11/18

Now as there is no replacement , the total outcomes can be 17

The probability that the second candy is caramel is 4/17

Probability that the first candy selected is taffy and the second candy is caramel =  (11/18)(4/17)

= 0.144

Therefore the Probability is 0.144

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