A sock drawer contains eight navy blue socks and five black socks with no other socks. If you reach in the drawer and take two socks without looking and without replacement, what is the probability that the colors of the two socks will match?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-06T13:36:20

Probability P(match)#=19/39#

P(match)=P(blue, blue)+P(black,black)

P(match)#=8/13*7/12+5/13*4/12=19/39#

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