A sock drawer contains 10 white socks, 6 black socks, and 8 blue socks. If 3 socks are chosen at random , what is the probability of getting first a black sock, then a white sock, and then a blue sock?

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fortytherapper · Answer

How many socks do we have all together?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah we need the total socks in order to do this problem.

anonymous · Answer

a total of 24 socks

jingle535 · Answer

So then you figure out how many out of 24 socks are black, for the first picking

anonymous · Answer

so then do I do 1 out of 24 or 6 out of 24

jingle535 · Answer

6 out of 24, sorry I lost track of this

jingle535 · Answer

Since 6 out of the 24 socks are black

jingle535 · Answer

You then need to do the same thing for white socks, but remember you already took out 1 sock so you are at a total of 23 socks :)

anonymous · Answer

ok

jingle535 · Answer

So what do you think the chance is for white socks now?

anonymous · Answer

is it 10 out of 23?

anonymous · Answer

thanks for the help, I got it now

jingle535 · Answer

Yep :) and no problem