Question

a drawer holds 6 white socks, 8 black socks, and 4 blue socks. if a sock is pulled from the drawer randomly, what is the probability that it will not be a blue sock?

Answer 1

how many not blue socks are there?

Answer 2

also, determine the total number of socks; then divide

Answer 3

theres 14 non blue socks. total number of socks is 18.

Answer 4

but what do i divide...???

Answer 5

14/18 of course

Answer 6

if you do 18/14 then you get a probability greater than 1 ... and there just isnt a greater than 100% chance youll get "not a blue"