Question

Greg has 4 shirts: a white one, a black one, a red one, and a blue one. He also has two pairs of pants, one blue and one tan. What is the probability, if Greg gets dressed in the dark, that he winds up wearing the white shirt and tan pants? Show your work.

Answer 1

Answer: 1/8

Explanation:

(W) white (B) black (R) red (BL) blue (BP) blue pants (TP) tan pants

|-------------(B)

|-------------(W)

(TP)------------- |-------------(R)

| |-------------(BL)

| |--------------(B)

| |--------------(W)

(BP)-------------|--------------(R)

|--------------(BL)

From the tree diagram, a white shirt with tan pants is one out of eight possible outcomes, so the probability of getting tan pants and a white shirt is 1/8.

Answer 2

he has 1/2 of a chance to get tan pants and 1/4 of a chance to get a white shirt.

Explanation:

hope that helps, mr cleann