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A laundry basket contains 10 socks, of which 2 are red. What is the probability that a randomly selected sock will be red? Write

your answer as a fraction or whole number.

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algol132 years ago

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Answer:

you get a pair of red socks. There are 10 socks in the drawer, and 2 are red. Therefore the probability that the first one will be red is 2/10 = 1/5.

Step-by-step explanation:

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