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Suppose you have 5 white, 5 blue and 8 black socks in a drawer. What is the probability that you randomly pick a black sock from the drawer?

Suppose you have 5 white, 5 blue and 8 black socks in a drawer. What is the probability that you randomly pick a black sock from the drawer?
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Suppose you have 5 white, 5 blue and 8 black socks in a drawer. What is the probability that you randomly pick a black sock from the drawer?

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5/13 chance to get the black sock out of the drawer
User Melih Sevim
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8/18 because for the denominator u add all of them and for the numerator u have the black socks
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