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Colored Candy Choice (Posted on 2016-05-25)

I have 6 pieces of candy: two each of 3 different colors. They taste especially good if eaten two at a time, provided the colors are different.

These candies are in an opaque bag from which I pick two at a time. If they are different colors I eat them together (yum) but if they are the same I put them back in and draw again. I will repeat this process to eat two more.

What is the probability the last two candies will be of differing colors?

Repeat with two each of 4 colors.
Repeat with two each of 5 colors.

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Subject	Author	Date
re(4): Second part	armando	2016-05-26 16:51:32
re(3): Second part	Charlie	2016-05-26 15:13:50
re(2): Second part	armando	2016-05-26 10:07:33
re: Second part	Charlie	2016-05-25 21:05:17
re(2): No Subject @ Charlie	Charlie	2016-05-25 20:24:18
Second part	armando	2016-05-25 17:34:34
re: No Subject @ Charlie	Ady TZIDON	2016-05-25 13:21:43
No Subject	Charlie	2016-05-25 11:37:33
re: first part	Ady TZIDON	2016-05-25 11:33:18
first part	armando	2016-05-25 09:10:26

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