Question 1068363
The number of ways to choose 4 out of 10 shoes is
Choose 1st shoe out of 10
Choose 2nd shoe out of 9
Choose 3rd shoe out of 8
Choose 4th shoe out of 7
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The number of ways to choose 4 out of 10 shoes with no pairs is:
Choose the 1st shoe out of 10
Choose the 2nd shoe out of 8
Choose the 3rd shoe out of 6
Choose the 4th shoe out of 4
So the probability of choosing 4 out of 10 shoes with at least one pair is:
1−10⋅8⋅6⋅4/10⋅9⋅8⋅7 = 1-0.381 = 0.62 or 62%