Question

Henry grabs one shoe at a time at random without replacement from a box of ten shoes in his closet. The box contains 4 brown shoes, 2 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.

Answer 1

First find the probability that the first shoe taken out will be brown. Can you do that? Then find the probability that the second shoe taken will be brown. Multiply the two and that is your answer

Answer 2

ok thank you

Answer 3

wait, @navk how do i do that?
what do i mulitply
4/10 x 4/10?

Answer 4

It is partly correct. The first probability is 4/10 but the second is not 4/10 since now there are only 3 brown and total 9 shoes. So the second probability is 3/9.

Answer 5

ok ii understand thank you
im not very good in probability

Answer 6

i gto 1.777777777777777777

Answer 7

@navk ^^^

Answer 8

4/10 * 3/9 = 0.1333

Answer 9

o i did it wrong
i muliplied 4/10 * 4/10
and then 3/9*3/9
and then muliplied those 2 together

Answer 10

That is incorrect. You just need to multiply the first and second probability

Answer 11

ok thank you