Question

Barbara opened a bag of candies and found that there were 8 red, 6 orange, 4 green, 5 yellow and 3 purple candies in the bag. If Barbara pulls out two of the candies at random, what is the probability that the two candies are different colors? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Answer 1

1 - the probability of two the same
so
two red = 8/26 * 7/25
two orange = 6/26 * 5/25
etc
add them up
subtract that from 1