Question

A drawer contains 3 black socks, 3 white socks, 2 red socks, and 1 purple sock. A red sock is pulled at random from the drawer, but

returned because it had a hole.
What is the probability that a black sock will be the next sock pulled at random?

Answer 1

the answer is D- 1/3

Explanation:

there are 9 pairs of socks only 3 are black so you would get 3/9 reduce that and you get 1/3

Answer 2

the answer is d. since the sock with a hole was returned, the probability of getting a black sock is out of 3 out of 9 because there are 3 black socks and 9 socks total. hope this helps!