Question

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Michael has a drawer with 8 pairs of black socks and 12 pairs of white socks. What is the theoretical probability that the pair he takes out is black?

Question 5 options:

2/5


3/5


4/5


1

Answer 1

You start by adding up all the socks, so 12+8=20 then you set up the ratio 8/20 and you simplify it, and the gcm is 4 so you would divide each by 4 which would give you a 2/5 ratio which is option "A"! hope this helps!