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3)There are 9 colorful socks in a drawer: 3 green, 2

purple,
2 Navy, 1 yellow, and 1 pink. What's the
probability of picking a green putting it on and
then choosing a purple?

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Answer:

1/24 chance

Explanation:

To begin you would need to find the probability of picking a green sock which would be 3/9; and you could simplify this to 1/3.

After that you need to find the probability of picking a purple sock out of the 8 left, which would provide you with 1/8. To find the probability of both you would multiply 1/8 by 1/3 to find the combined probability which would leave you with 1/24.

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