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In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a kid randomly picks two candies from the pack, what is the probability that the kid has no orange flavored candy?

(A) 1/7
(B) 2/11
(C) 14/33
(D) 7/33
(E) 8/33
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Re: In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a [#permalink] New post   13 Apr 2021, 02:12
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Total candies 12
Not orange 8
P of getting two candies not orange
8/12 *7/11 = 14/33



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In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a kid randomly picks two candies from the pack, what is the probability that the kid has no orange flavored candy?

(A) 1/7
(B) 2/11
(C) 14/33
(D) 7/33
(E) 8/33


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Re: In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a [#permalink] New post   11 Jul 2021, 01:33
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Total-Flavoured= Non flavoured

12-4=8

Making sure that the child picks non flavoured ones.

So 8c2/12c2 =14/33

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Re: In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a [#permalink] New post   03 Sep 2021, 11:07
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In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a kid randomly picks two candies from the pack, what is the probability that the kid has no orange flavored candy?

(A) 1/7
(B) 2/11
(C) 14/33
(D) 7/33
(E) 8/33


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Re: In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2021, 00:44
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8= Unflavoured Orange 4= Flavoured Orange


=Favoured outcome/ Total Probability

=8c2/12c2

=14/33

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Re: In a pack of a dozen candies, four candies are orange flavored. If a [#permalink] New post   06 Sep 2021, 13:41
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probability of the first one not orange *probability of second one not orange
=8/12*7/11=14/33
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