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Sara has 20 sweets. She has 12 liquorice sweets , 5 mint sweets & 3 humbugs. Sara is going to take at random 2 sweets. Work out the probability that the two sweets will not …

Sara has 20 sweets. She has 12 liquorice sweets , 5 mint sweets & 3 humbugs. Sara is going to take at random 2 sweets. Work out the probability that the two sweets will not …
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Sara has 20 sweets.

She has 12 liquorice sweets , 5 mint sweets & 3 humbugs.

Sara is going to take at random 2 sweets.

Work out the probability that the two sweets will not be the same type of sweet.

Give your answer as a fraction

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Answer:

1/38

Explanation:

12/20 × 5/19 × 3/18 = 1/38

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