Greg has 4 shirts: a white one, a black one, a red one, and a blue one. He also has two pairs of pants, one blue and one tan. What is the probability, if Greg gets dressed in the dark, that he winds up wearing the white shirt and tan pants? Show your work.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
@Michele_Laino
OpenStudy (anonymous):
do you have choices
OpenStudy (anonymous):
nno choices
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
here the probability to have a whithe shirt is:
1/4
since there is one favorable case and four possible cases
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
whereas the probability to have a tan pants is:
1/2
since there is one favorable case and 2 possible cases
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
so the probability of a white shirt is 1/4 and the probability of tan pants is 1/2?
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
yes!
OpenStudy (anonymous):
okay thank u
OpenStudy (michele_laino):
please wait, the requested probability is:
1/2 * 1/4 =...?
OpenStudy (anonymous):
is 1/8 i think
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