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PLEASE HELP!!!

A drawer contains 16 socks: 10 black, 4 brown, and 2 blue. Once a sock is taken from the drawer, it is NOT REPLACED before the next sock is taken. If it's dark in the room and you can't see what color the socks are, what is the probability of ending up with a brown sock then a blue sock?

PLEASE HELP!!! A drawer contains 16 socks: 10 black, 4 brown, and 2 blue. Once a sock-example-1
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the probably of getting one blue is 2/16 and the probability of getting a brown sock is 4/16
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