Question

A laundry basket contains 18 blue socks and 24 black socks. What is the probability of randomly picking 2 black socks, with replacement, from the basket?

Answer 1

189

Explanation:

Answer 2

144/441

Explanation:

There are 18+24=42 total socks

There are 24 black socks

So the probability is (24/42)*(24/42)=12/21 * 12/21 = 144/441