SOLUTION: A baby shoe box contains 7 shoes, two left-foot shoes and five right-foot shoes. If two shoes are randomly selected from the box without replacement, what is the probability

Question 1064779: A baby shoe box contains 7 shoes, two left-foot shoes
and five right-foot shoes. If two shoes are randomly
selected from the box without replacement, what is the
probability that there will be one right-foot shoe and
one left-foot shoe selected?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A baby shoe box contains 7 shoes, two left-foot shoes
and five right-foot shoes. If two shoes are randomly
selected from the box without replacement, what is the
probability that there will be one right-foot shoe and
one left-foot shoe selected?

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