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A single candy of this type is selected at random from a newly opened bag. What is the probability that the candy has the given color(s)? Not red

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P(not red) = 1 - P(red) = 1 - 0.2 = 0.8

To calculate the probability of the negation of an event we just subtract the probability of the event from one.

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