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Q: mathemtical ( No Answer,   2 Comments )
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Subject: mathemtical
Category: Family and Home > Parenting
Asked by: smoothmama-ga
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Posted: 18 Jan 2006 18:40 PST
Expires: 17 Feb 2006 18:40 PST
Question ID: 435221
joe had 4 red sock and 2 green sock and everyday he pulled two sock
out of the draw with his eyes closed. how many times will he pull out
socks that do not match?
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Subject: Re: mathemtical
From: ansel001-ga on 19 Jan 2006 00:04 PST
 
When you said, "how many times will he pull out socks that do not
match?", I assume you meant, what is the probability that two random
socks pulled out of the drawer will not match.  I also assume that the
drawer is refilled with the six socks each morning.  I also assume you
don't fold matching socks together in the drawer.

In that case the probability of pulling out two random socks that do
not match is 8/15.

There are two possible cases that need to be considered

1.  Pull out a red sock then a green P(G|R) = (4/6)*(2/5) = 8/30 = 4/15
2.  Pull out a green sock then a red P(R|G) = (2/6)*(3/5) = 8/30 = 4/15

Probability = P(G|R) + P(R|G) = 4/15 + 4/15 = 8/15.
Subject: Re: mathemtical
From: ansel001-ga on 19 Jan 2006 00:07 PST
 
A correction:

In that case the probability of pulling out two random socks that do
not match is 8/15.


2.  Pull out a green sock then a red P(R|G) = (2/6)*(4/5) = 8/30 = 4/15

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