Question

20 candy canes 17 cracked draw 3 what is the probability of getting exactly 1 cracked candy cane

Answer 1

you can use a tree diagram

Answer 2

I appreciate the reply, however the tree diagram doesn't solve it mathematically. I'm confused on the formula and what numbers to use where. Thank you again!

Answer 3

then assigen probabilities

multiply along the branches that have only 1 cracked cane to get the probabilities

then sum the probabilities for 3 ways you can get 1 cracked cane