Question

A laundry basket contains 14 socks, of which 4 are blue. What is the probability that a randomly selected sock will be blue? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

Answer 1

the probability of selecting a blue sock from the laundry basket is 2/7 or approximately 0.2857.

Explanation:

The probability of selecting a blue sock can be found by dividing the number of blue socks by the total number of socks in the basket:

Probability of selecting a blue sock = Number of blue socks / Total number of socks

Probability of selecting a blue sock = 4 / 14

Simplifying the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2 gives:

Probability of selecting a blue sock = 2 / 7