Question
Joey has 4 pairs of pants,6 shirts, and 2 pairs of shoes, but only 1 favorite pair of pants, 1 favorite shirt, and 1 pair of shoes. If he randomly selects an outfit to wear, what it the probability that it will be his favorite pants, shirt, and shoes?
Answers
Reiny
number of ways to select an outfit
= 4x6x2
= 48 ways, only one of those is his favourite
prob of favourite = 1/48
= 4x6x2
= 48 ways, only one of those is his favourite
prob of favourite = 1/48
Ryan
That's what I thought but the answer in the book says 1/3.
Reiny
Have yet to find a mathbook that did not contain at least one error