document.write( "Question 1157048: 1.(a) Kara needs to pick a pair of matching socks from a drawer consisting of 4
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document.write( "    There are 4 separate black socks in the drawer (not 4 pairs of black socks, as the tutor @VFBundy assumes);\r\n" );
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document.write( "    There are 11 separate blue socks in the drawer (not 11 pairs of blue socks, as the tutor @VFBundy assumes);\r\n" );
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document.write( "    There are 3 separate white socks in the drawer (not 3 pairs of white socks, as the tutor @VFBundy assumes);\r\n" );
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document.write( "    There are 5 separate brown socks in the drawer (not 5 pairs of black socks, as the tutor @VFBundy assumes).\r\n" );
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