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18 April, 16:26

Hal has 20 pieces of candy in a bag: 12 mint sticks, 5 jelly treats, and 3 fruit tart chews. If he eats one piece every 8 minutes, what is the probability his first two pieces will both be mint sticks?

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  1. 18 April, 20:09
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    Use the AND operation so 12/20 x 11/19 total candies will be reduced to 19 for 2nd mint bcz he is not replacing them if first was mint then chances of second being mint is 11 so 132/380 which can be further simplified
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