SOLUTION: Can you please help me make sense of this!!! Thanks so much in advance for your time!!! Suppose the drawer contains six black socks, four brown socks, and two green socks. Suppose

Question 245680: Can you please help me make sense of this!!! Thanks so much in advance for your time!!!
Suppose the drawer contains six black socks, four brown socks, and two green socks. Suppose a cat draws one sock from the drawer and that it is equally likely that any one of the socks is drawn. Find the probabilities for the following:
A cat reaches in the drawer without looking to pull out four socks. What is the probability that the cat gets two socks of the same color?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this is a thought (not calculation) question

let's rephrase for clarity

if a drawer contains three different colors of socks
and four socks are taken from the drawer
what is the probability of two socks of the same color?
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