document.write( "Question 1050817: Suppose your top drawer contains different colored socks: 6 are white, 8 are black, 16 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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document.write( "(a) What is the probability that you get a blue pair of socks?\r
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document.write( "(b) What is the probability that you do not get a blue pair of socks?\r
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document.write( "(c) What is the probability that you get either a white pair or a blue pair of socks?\r
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document.write( "(d) What is the probability that you get one black sock and one white sock? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #666453 by ewatrrr(24785)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Total 42 : 6 are white, 8 are black, 16 are pink, and 12 are blue \n" ); document.write( "P(2B) = (12/42)(11/41) \n" ); document.write( "P(not 2B) = 1 - (12/42)(11/41) \n" ); document.write( "P(2W 0r 2B) = (6/42)(5/41) + (12/42)(11/41) \n" ); document.write( "P(1Bl & 1W) = (8/42)(6/41) + (6/42)(8/41) \n" ); document.write( "Multiply out and reduce fractions \n" ); document.write( "Total 42 : 6 are white, 8 are black, 16 are pink, and 12 are blue \n" ); document.write( "P(2B) = \n" ); document.write( "P(not 2B) = \n" ); document.write( "P(2W 0r 2B) = \n" ); document.write( "P(1Bl & 1W) = |