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,

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Sveta_85 [38]

3 years ago

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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?

Mathematics

2 answers:

Alecsey [184] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-02T21:47:06+03:00

Alecsey [184]3 years ago

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Answer:

the answer is D- 1/3

Step-by-step explanation:

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

arsen [322] · Answer 2 · 2022-08-02T19:40:41+03:00

arsen [322]3 years ago

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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!