Question

There are 5 blue socks in Josh’s drawer. After he removes 3 non-blue socks, the probability to pick a blue sock at random becomes . How 1/7 many non-blue socks were in Josh’s drawer originally?

Answer 1

there are 5 non blue socks

Answer 2

Answer: There is 5 non blue sock in Josh's drawer

Explanation:

The denominator shows the total of nonblue and blue socks. So there are 7 non-blue and blue socks in the drawer after he removes 3 non blue socks.To find how many non-blue where in the drawer originally you need to find how many non blue are in the draw after removing the three. So you subtract 7 from 5 which gives you 2. So there are 2 non-blue socks in the drawer after removing the three. Now you need to find how many non-blue were there before he removed the three. So add the 3 non blue socks that he removed to the two that were there after which gives you five.