Question

A box contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. a man takes out two socks. the probability that they are of the same color is:

Answer 1

p (1st brown ×2nd brown +p (1st white ×p (1st brown )=5/9
p (2nd brown )×when 1st brown is 4/8
p (1st white)=4/9
p (2nd white)×when 1st white is 3/8
p (1st brown ×2nd brown +p (1st white ×p 2nd white
5/9×4/8+4/9×3/8
20/72+12/72
32/72
4/9
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