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Aspen has 10 pairs of white socks and 1 pair of red socks. What is the chance that Aspen wears a pair of black socks?

User Bhavani
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Answer:

no chance

Explanation:

he doesn't have any black socks

User Marc Fowler
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Answer:

Explanation:

Of the ten socks,

10/11 chance of wearing white socks

1/11 chance of wearing red socks

0/11 chance of wearing any OTHER color

Black socks fall into the final row, which is the OTHER color, meaning there is no chance he can wear black socks.

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