document.write( "Question 1047939: Suppose your top drawer contains different colored socks: 10 are white, 8 are black, 14 are pink, and 12 are blue. All socks in the drawer are loose (unpaired). In the morning, you randomly select two socks, one at a time. Calculate the following probabilities, writing your answer either as a decimal or a fraction.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "(c) What is the probability that you get either a white pair or a blue pair of socks?
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document.write( "44 Socks: 10 are white, 8 are black, 14 are pink, and 12 are blue
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document.write( "a) P(Bpair) =  = 3/43
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document.write( "b) 1 - P(Bpair) = 1 - 3/43 = 40/43
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document.write( "c)  +  =  Use Your calculator
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document.write( "d)              +            
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document.write( "d) Drawing Black before White one   + Drawing white one first and then Black    \n" );
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