Question

Michael has a drawer with 8 pairs of black socks and 12 pairs of white socks. Without looking he takes a white pair of socks out of the drawer. What is the probability that the next pair he takes out is black?
A)
11
19
B)
11
20
Eliminate
C)
8
11
D)
8
19

Answer 1

8/19

Answer 2

20 pairs of socks originally but he takes one out (a white pair). so 8 black, 11 white left. Probability of taking black is now 8 out of the 19 remaining

Answer 3

@friendzone reply to msg

Answer 4

lol wrong

Answer 5

how is it wrong lol

Answer 6

l takes a pair of white socks out of the drawer there are 19 socks left in the drawer. Eight of those socks are black. Therefore, the probability of taking out a black pair of socks is
8
19

Answer 7

im joking lol

Answer 8

are you getting my messages?