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A vendor has 18 balloons for sale: 9 are yellow, 3 are red, and 6 are green. A balloon is selected at random and sold. If the balloon sold is yellow, what is the probability that the next balloon selected at random is also yellow?

A. 9/18

B. 8/18

C. 9/17

D. 8/17

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  1. 14 June, 04:31
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    If a yellow balloon is sold, there will only be 8 yellow balloons left and 17 left in total.

    This means there is a 8/17 chance that one of the 8 remaining yellow balloons will be selected out of the 17 total balloons left.

    So the answer is D. 8/17
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