Probability

[jennyross]

Someone please help me with this.

If you take 5 candies from the following jar without replacement. What is the probability that one of them is lemon flavoured (yellow) and the other is mint flavoured (green)?

 

[Deleted member 4993]

Someone please help me with this.

If you take 5 candies from the following jar without replacement. What is the probability that one of them is lemon flavoured (yellow) and the other is mint flavoured (green)?

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[Dr.Peterson]

If you take 5 candies from the following jar without replacement. What is the probability that one of them is lemon flavoured (yellow) and the other is mint flavoured (green)?

This is not only missing data, it's inconsistent. What kind of candies are in the jar? Are you taking 5, or 2?

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[Steven G]

I'm beginning to think that those minding reading classes that I took to get this high paying job here as a helper is not working too well.