Boxes of Treats

Three boxes each contain two delicious sweet treats

One box contains two cookies, another has two pieces of candy
while the third box contains one cookie and one piece of candy

Blindfolded, you take one of the treats from one of the boxes

Removing the blindfold, you see that you've taken a cookie

What are the odds that the remaining treat in the box you took
the cookie from is a cookie rather than a piece of candy?


Hint

You could have taken any one of three cookies


Solution

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It's twice as likely that the remaining treat is a cookie

This free video game walkthrough is for the Nintendo DS
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