SOLUTION: A drawer contains a mixture of 12 black socks, 8 white socks, and 4 red socks. You randomly select 2 socks to wear. Determine the probability that both are black. (Give your

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Question 1042727: A drawer contains a mixture of 12 black socks,
8 white socks, and 4 red socks. You randomly
select 2 socks to wear. Determine the
probability that both are black. (Give your
answer as a fraction.)

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A drawer contains a mixture of 12 black socks,
8 white socks, and 4 red socks. You randomly
select 2 socks to wear. Determine the
probability that both are black. (Give your
answer as a fraction.)

That's 

"12 black socks Choose 2", or 12C2 ways 

out of 

"24 possible socks Choose 2", or 24C2 ways.

So we have:



Edwin

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