document.write( "Question 78322: A drawer contains 4 red socks, 6 white socks, and 10 blue socks. Without looking, you draw out a sock and then draw out a second sock without returning the first sock. What is the probability that the first sock and the second sock are both white. \n" ); document.write( "

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A drawer contains 4 red socks, 6 white socks, and 10 blue socks. Without looking, you draw out a sock and then draw out a second sock without returning the first sock. What is the probability that the first sock and the second sock are both white.
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\n" ); document.write( "# of ways to draw two white socks: 6C2=15
\n" ); document.write( "# of ways to draw two socks of any color: 20C2=190
\n" ); document.write( "Prob(draw two white socks) = 15/190 = 3/38
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\n" ); document.write( "Prob draw 1st white sock: 6/20
\n" ); document.write( "Prob draw 2nd white sock when 1st is not replaced = 5/19
\n" ); document.write( "Prob(two white) = 6/20 *5/19 = 3/10 * 5/19 = 3/38
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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