Question

Without looking, George pulls socks from a drawer containing 2 white socks, 3 black socks, and 5 yellow socks. With each pulll, a sock is removed from the drawer and is not replaced. find the probability of drawing a yellow, black, and white sock in that order.

Answer 1

If the events are independent, the probability of both/all events occurring is determined by multiplying the probabilities of the individual events.

With each draw, there is one less sock total.

5/10 * 3/9 * 2/8 = ?

Answer 2

Without looking, George pulls socks from a drawer containing 2 white socks, 3 black socks, and 5 yellow socks. with each pull, a sock is removed from the drawer and is not replaced. Find the probability of drawing a yellow, black, and white sock in that order?