Suppose your top drawer contains 44 different colored socks: 6 are white, 16 are black, 10 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. (a) What is the probability that you get a blue pair of socks?    (b) What is the probability that you do not get a blue pair of socks?    (c) What is the probability that neither is blue?    (d) What is the probability that you get either a white pair or a blue pair of socks?    (e) What is the probability that you get one black sock and one white sock?

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Suppose your top drawer contains 44 different colored socks:

6 are white,
16 are black,
10 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.

(a) What is the probability that you get a blue pair of socks?

  

(b) What is the probability that you do not get a blue pair of socks?

  

(c) What is the probability that neither is blue?

  

(d) What is the probability that you get either a white pair or a blue pair of socks?

  

(e) What is the probability that you get one black sock and one white sock?

  

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