Question

In your sock drawer, you have 12 blue socks and 12 yellow socks. It is dark in the morning when you were getting dressed, and you can’t see the color of the socks. What is the probability of randomly picking a yellow sock?

A.) 1/23
B.) 1/2
C.) 1/12
D.) 1/11
E.) 1/24

Answer 1

1/2

Explanation:

There are 12+12 = 24 socks in the drawer

P(yellow) = number of yellow socks/ total socks

= 12/24

=1/2