Question

There are four white socks and six black socks in a drawer what is the probability of selecting a white sock not replacing it and then selecting another white sock

Answer 1

Explanation:

Add all the socks in the drawer to get a denominator

12

blue socks can be picked out of the

36

total socks, so

12

36

Then you take away one sock from the top and bottom, so you now have

11

35

Multiply the two numerators (

12

and

11

), then multiply the denominators (

36

and

35

), then divide the numerator by the denominator,

132

1260

, to get your answer.

Answer 2

6/10

Explanation:

1st step: 4+6=10