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Your drawer contains 7 red socks and 6 blue socks. It's too dark to see the color of the socks, so you randomly pull two socks from the drawer. What is the probability that both socks are blue?
4 years ago

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prob(2 blue) = (6/13)(5/12) = 5/26

A more interesting question would have been:
What is the least number of sox he would have to pull, before he has a matching pair ?
4 years ago

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