Concept explainers
a.
To find: probability of randomly selecting one blue sock from a drawer that contains six white socks, two blue socks, and two gray socks.
a.
Answer to Problem 93RE
Explanation of Solution
Let E be the event of randomly selecting one blue sock from a drawer.
Then
Total number of socks in drawer is
Thus, the probability that of randomly selecting one blue sock from a drawer is:
b.
To find: probability of randomly selecting one white sock from a drawer that contains six white socks, two blue socks, and two gray socks.
b.
Answer to Problem 93RE
Explanation of Solution
Let F be the event of randomly selecting one white sock from a drawer.
Then
Total number of socks in drawer is
Thus, the probability that of randomly selecting one white sock from a drawer is:
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