SOLUTION: There are y red socks and y purple socks in a drawer.
You will be drawing out socks in pairs. Find the probabilities that
a) No pair is of a matching color.
b) Every pair is of
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Question 945363: There are y red socks and y purple socks in a drawer.
You will be drawing out socks in pairs. Find the probabilities that
a) No pair is of a matching color.
b) Every pair is of a matching color.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's first assume that .
Look at the possible outcome pairs.
RP RR
PP PR
So then,
a)
b)
.
.
.
If , then the only outcome is
PR
So then,
a)
b)
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