document.write( "Question 1150914: A box has 6 blue socks and 4 white socks. Find the number of ways two socks can be drawn from the box where:
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document.write( "(a)    =  = 5*9 = 45  ways.      ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)   6*4 = 24  ways.                     ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "(c)   It can be computed in 2 ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "          1)  Having the numbers from (a) and (b), everybody can easily conclude \r\n" );
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document.write( "              that the answer for (c)  is the difference  45 - 24 = 21  ways.\r\n" );
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document.write( "          2)  Another way to compute it is this :    +  = 15 + 6 = 21.\r\n" );
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document.write( "              Surely, it gives the same answer.\r\n" );
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