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Probability ~
The probability of selecting a white chocolate from a box is 1/5 and the probability of selecting a dark chocolate from the same box is 1/3. The other chocolates are milk chocolates.
A. Find the probability of selecting a milk chocolate.
B. How many chocolates in total could be in the box? Give reasons. Is there more than one answer?

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A.

A - selecting a milk chocolate

[tex]P(A)=1-\dfrac{1}{5}-\dfrac{1}{3}=\dfrac{15}{15}-\dfrac{3}{15}-\dfrac{5}{15}=\dfrac{7}{15}[/tex]

B.

The number of the chocolates must be a multiple of 15, so there can be 15,30,45,... etc. chocolates in the box.

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