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A box has 19 candies in it: 3 are peppermint, 5 are butterscotch, and 11 are taffy. Reuben wants to select two candies to eat for dessert. The first candy will be selected at random, and then the second candy will be selected at random from the remaining candies. What is the probability that the two candies selected are peppermint?

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