Chang has 2 shirts: a white one and a black one. He also has 2 pairs of pants, one blue and one tan. What is the probability, if Chang gets dressed in the dark, that he winds up wearing the white shirt and tan pants? Show your work.

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vocaloid · Answer

hint:

if there are two shirts (white and black), what is the probability of getting white?

nikki_skellington · Answer

1/2 right?

vocaloid · Answer

good.

if there are 2 colors of pants (blue and tan) what is the probability of getting tan?

nikki_skellington · Answer

1/2.

vocaloid · Answer

good

to find the probability of getting a white shirt and tan pants we just multiply those two probabilities together to get

(1/2) * (1/2) = 1/4

that's your answer

nikki_skellington · Answer

ok thx!