document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1007126>Question 1007126</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mark has pairs of pants in three different colors, blue, black, and brown. He has 5 colored shirts: a white, a red, a yellow, a blue, and a mixed-colored shirt. What is the probability that mark wears a black pairs of pants and a red shirt on a given day? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #623137 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><B>fractalier(6550)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=fractalier><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=fractalier><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=623137\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We multiply probabilities because the events are independent of each other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thus<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(black and red) = P(black)*P(red) = (1/3) * (1/5) = 1/15 </SPAN>\n" );
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