Find the probability. Round to the nearest ten-thousandth when necessary.
-A bag contains 6 cherry, 3 orange, and 2 lemon candies. You reach in and take 3 pieces of candy at Random. Find the probability that you have all orange candies.
A) 0.0011
B) 0.0061
C) 0.7272
D) 0.0182

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The total number of candies is 6 + 3 + 2 = 11. The number of ways to choose 3 candies out of 11 is calculated using combinations: 11C3 = 165. The number of ways to choose 3 orange candies out of 3 is 3C3 = 1. Therefore, the probability of choosing 3 orange candies is 1/165, which rounds to 0.0061.

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