Question

A girl has 3 shirts (red, yellow, blue) and 6 pairs of socks (red, blue, green, orange, white, black). What is the probability her

socks and shirt will both be yellow or both be blue?

Answer 1

The chance that the shirt is blue = 1/3
The chance that the socks are blue = 1/6
The chance that both are blue = 1/3 x 1/6 = 1/18