Question

A clothes dryer contains 3 black socks and 3 white socks. What is the probability of taking two socks out of the dryer and having them both be black?

Answer 1

Explanation:

You have 6 socks total but since you are picking out 2 you multiply it by 2 giving you a "total" of 12 socks. The chance of them being both black is:

In ratio form: 2:12

In percent form: 16..67%

In word form: Two out of twelve