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Chang has 2 shirts: a white one and a black one. He also has 2 pairs of pants, one blue and one tan. What is the probability, if Chang gets dressed in the dark, that

he winds up wearing the white shirt and tan pants? Show your work.

User Smruti Ranjan
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Answer:

1/4

Explanation:

it would be 1/4 because there are 4 different clothing pieces in total and there is only one way it would work the way the problem says.

User Jim Cownie
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Answer:

1/4

Explanation:

White = w

Black = B

Blue = b1

Tan = t

Wb1

Wt

Bbi

Bt

The answer will be 1/4, because there are 4 ways it can work and only 1 way it can be white shirt and tan pants.

User Eric Brown
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