Question
There are 6 gray socks,8 brown socks and 2 blue socks in a drawer.If you remove 2 socks without looking,what is the probability that they are both blue?
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Steve
well, what is the chance that the 1st sock is blue?
Having removed it, what is the chance that the 2nd is blue? The number of blues and the number of socks have both been changed by removing the 1st blue sock.
Now just multiply.
Having removed it, what is the chance that the 2nd is blue? The number of blues and the number of socks have both been changed by removing the 1st blue sock.
Now just multiply.