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A sock drawer has 8 blue socks and 6 black socks. If I randomly select two socks, one at a time, what is the probability I will first get a blue sock and then, without replacing it, a black sock?
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A sock drawer has 8 blue socks and 6 black socks. If I randomly select two socks, one at a time, what is the probability I will first get a blue sock and then, without replacing it, a black sock?

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Total probability is 8*7/14*13
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8 blue socks out of 14 and 6 black socks out of 13
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