Suppose you have 26 socks in a drawer. 9 socks are white, 7 socks are black, and the rest are brown. What is the probability that if you randomly select a sock from the drawer that it sill be black.Round your answer to two decimal places.

Suppose you have 26 socks in a drawer 9 socks are white 7 socks are black and the rest are brown What is the probability that if you randomly select a sock from class=

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ANSWER

[tex]\begin{equation*} 0.27 \end{equation*}[/tex]

EXPLANATION

Given;

The total number of socks is 26

Number of white socks is 9

The number of black socks is 7

Hence, the number of brown socks;

[tex]\begin{gathered} 26-(9+7) \\ 26-16=10 \end{gathered}[/tex]

The probability of picking black socks is;

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(Black)=\frac{n(black)}{Total} \\ =\frac{7}{26} \\ =0.2692 \\ \cong0.27 \end{gathered}[/tex]