Question

Henry grabs one shoe at a time at random without replacement from a box of 14 shoes in his closet. The box contains 6 brown shoes, 4 black shoes, and 4 sneakers. What is the probability that the first two shoes he chooses will be brown? Round to the nearest percent if necessary

6%
7%
16%
18%

Answer 1

Henry, crabs one shoe from the box of 14 shoes... as we have 6 brown shoes in that..

Probablilty for grabing 1st brown would be 6/14...

Now, there r 13 shoes left behind and 5 brown..
SO getting another brown shoe has probability of 5/13..

Multiply both and find ur answer..

Answer 2

Thank you very much :)

Answer 3

so whats the answer ??

Answer 4

16%

Answer 5

ohh.. perfect...

Answer 6

u r good at math:)

Answer 7

thx

Answer 8

ha ha, not me.. u r doing welll i use calculators :-p