document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=324045>Question 324045</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A drawer is filled with blue, gray, and white socks. The probability that a sock selected at random from the drawer is gray is 1/2 and the probability that the sock is white is 1/6 If all of the blue socks are removed from the drawer, what is the probability of selecting a white sock at random?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A  1/2  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B  1/6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C  1/4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D  1/3 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "E  1/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Original probability of white is 1-[1/2 + 1/6] = 1/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note: If there were originally 6 socks in the drawer, there would be <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 white, 3 gray, and 2 blue. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the 2 blue were removed there would be 4 socks remaining.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since there would still be 1 white, the probability of white would be 1/4.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A 1/2 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B 1/6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C 1/4 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D 1/3 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "E 1/2 <BR>\n" );
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