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A drawer of loose socks contains 2 red socks, 2 green socks, and 6 white socks. Which best describes how to determine the probability of pulling out a white sock, not replacing it, and pulling out another white sock?

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The probability that the first sock is white is 6/10 and that the second sock is white is 5/9, so the probability of choosing a pair of white socks is 30/90 = 1/3! Hope that helps.

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Well, before you draw out the first sock, you had 60% chance of getting a white sock since six of the ten socks are white! (6/10)

So, if you were to not replace the first drawn white sock, your percentage goes to 55.5556%! This is because you now have 5/9 socks remaining in the drawer being white!
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