Question

Suppose you have 26 socks in a drawer. 9 socks are white, 7 socks are black, and the rest are brown. What is the probability that if you randomly select a sock from the drawer that it sill be black.Round your answer to two decimal places.

Answer 1

`\begin{equation*} 0.27 \end{equation*}`

Step-by-step explanation

Given;

The total number of socks is 26

Number of white socks is 9

The number of black socks is 7

Hence, the number of brown socks;

`\begin{gathered} 26-(9+7) \\ 26-16=10 \end{gathered}`

The probability of picking black socks is;

`\begin{gathered} P(Black)=(n(black))/(Total) \\ =(7)/(26) \\ =0.2692 \\ \cong0.27 \end{gathered}`