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A bowl contains four colors of SURPRISE candy. 40% are red, 35% are white, and the...

A bowl contains four colors of SURPRISE candy. 40% are red, 35% are white, and the rest are green. 70% of the red are chocolate flavored. 60% of the white are chocolate flavored. 80% of the brown are chocolate flavored. Round each answer to 4 decimal places.

a) Find the probability that a randomly selected piece of candy is chocolate flavored.

b) Sarah closes her eyes and randomly picks out a piece of candy. It doesn’t taste like chocolate.
                        Find the probability that it is green.

c) If a randomly chosen piece of candy is chocolate flavored, find the probability that it is green.

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