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18 August, 17:42

A box of chocolates contains 5 milk chocolates and eight dark chocolates. You randomly pick a chocolate and eat it. Then you randomly pick another piece. What is the probability that both pieces are milk chocolate? Show your work:

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  1. 18 August, 21:30
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    5 milk choc and 8 dark choc ... total of 13 chocolates

    P (1st pick is milk choc) = 5/13

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    P (2nd pick is milk choc) = 4/12 which reduces to 1/3

    P (both picks are milk choc) = 5/13 * 1/3 = 5/39 < = = or 12.8%
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