To determine the probability of pulling a colored pair of socks from the drawer, you would divide the number of colored socks by the total number of socks.
There are 5 pairs of colored socks, so there are a total of 10 colored socks. There are 3 pairs of white socks, so there are a total of 6 white socks. Therefore, the total number of socks is 16.
The probability of pulling a colored pair of socks would be:
(number of colored socks / total number of socks) multiplied by ((number of colored socks - 1) / (total number of socks - 1))
So, the probability of pulling a colored pair of socks from the drawer would be (10/16) * (9/15) = 0.375 or 37.5%.