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Use the situation to choose the correct answer.

A bag contains 10 blue, 11 red, 4 purple, 5 green, and 6 orange candies. Renée selects a candy at random and gives it to her sister and then selects a candy for herself. Neither candy is replaced.

Find P
(red, red).

1 answer

P (red, red) = P (first candy is red) * P (second candy is red, given that the first is red)

P (red, red) = (11/36) * (10/35)

P (red, red) = 0.0905 or approximately 0.091