SOLUTION: Harry Hose keeps all of his socks in the top drawer of his bureau. In the drawer there are four blue socks, six black socks, seven brown socks (he lost one in the laundry), and fou

Question 128024This question is from textbook Fundamentals of Mathematics
: Harry Hose keeps all of his socks in the top drawer of his bureau. In the drawer there are four blue socks, six black socks, seven brown socks (he lost one in the laundry), and four red socks. Harry reaches in a pulls a sock out at random. Find the probability that the sock chosen is
a. brown
b. blue
c. red
d. black
e. not brown
f. neither brown nor blue This question is from textbook Fundamentals of Mathematics

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Harry Hose keeps all of his socks in the top drawer of his bureau. In the drawer there are four blue socks, six black socks, seven brown socks (he lost one in the laundry), and four red socks. Harry reaches in a pulls a sock out at random. Find the probability that the sock chosen is
a. P(brown) = 7/21 1/3
b. P(blue) = 4/21
c. P(red) = 4/21
d. P(black) = 6/21 = 2/7
e. P(not brown) = 2/3
f. P(neither brown nor blue) = 10/21
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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