Question

There are 8 blue socks in Sean’s drawer. After he removes 3 blue socks and 4 non-blue socks, the probability to pick a blue sock at random becomes 1/7. How many non-bluesocks were in Sean’s drawer originally?

Answer 1

34

Explanation:

you first write the equation:

(8-3) / (8+x-7) = 1/7, where x is the number of non blue socks

so, 5/(1+x) = 1/7

1+x = 35, so x=34