Your last bag of halloween candy contains 3 fruit candies, 2 chocolates, 5 caramels and 6 sour chews. if you pick a candy at random, what is the probability it will be caramel or chocolate?

Step-by-step explanation:

Halloween candy contains 3 fruit candies, 2 chocolates, 5 caramels and 6 sour chews

So, total candies = 3 fruit candies+2 chocolates+5 caramels + 6 sour chews

                             = 16

Thus total no. of candies = 16

Probability of occurring an event =

To find the probability of getting caramel or chocolate :

Favorable events : 5 caramels + 2 chocolates = 7

Total events = Total candies = 16

So, probability of getting caramel or chocolate:

 =

Hence ,The probability of getting caramel or chocolate is

250

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