Question

You have a box of chocolates that contains 52 pieces of which 36 are solid chocolate, 13 are filled with cashews, and 3 are filled with cherries. All the candies look exactly alike. You select a piece, eat it, select a second piece, eat it, and finally eat one last piece. Find the probability of selecting a solid chocolate piece followed by two cherry-filled chocolates.

Answer 1

prob(your stated event) = (36/52)(3/51)(1/50) = .....