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Recall the pre-lab candy situation consider: two unopened bags of candy (one Skittles the other M&M's). The manufacturers state the distribution of coloured candies is:

M&M'S MILK CHOCOLATE: 25% blue, 19% orange, 16% green, 14% yellow, 14% red, 12% brown.

SKITTLES: colours are reportedly distributed evenly, meaning each colour (red, orange, green, blue, yellow, and purple) has a probability of 
Assume that both of these unopened bags have the same number of candies. If they are opened and mixed, and one candy is randomly selected; what is the probability it is a Skittle? [Hint: only focus on the colour you need]

P(Skittle | orange)=




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