Question

I need help with this practice problem solving As I am really new to this, please explain step by step on how to solve this, thank you in advance for your help & clarificationTake your time, I’ll be with a pencil and paper to gather notes

Answer 1

Given:

4 different colored pairs of socks

4 different colored sets of shoes

Find: the probability of picking white shoes but not a white socks

Solution:

In selecting a sock that is not white, we have 3 out of 4 chances.

In selecting a white shoe, we only have 1 out of 4 chances.

To get the probability of selecting those two conditions, simply multiply each chance.

`P(notwhitesocks)* P(whiteshoes)`

`(3)/(4)*(1)/(4)`

`0.75*0.25=0.1875`

Therefore, the probability of George choosing a white pair of shoes and a pair of socks that is not white is 0.1875. (Option 3)