Penny's Pizza

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pizza.Penny's favourite pizza restaurant offers 6 toppings: ham, onions, mushrooms, pineapple, tomato and peppers. Penny ordered a pizza with ham and pineapple. Unfortunately the server only wrote down that she wanted 2 toppings but didn’t write down what they were. The cook decided to pick two toppings at random.

What is the probability that Penny will get the pizza she ordered?

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