A laundry basket contains 10 socks, of which 2 are red. What is the probability that a randomly selected sock will be red? Write your answer as a fraction or whole number.

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Cositanto · Answer 1 · 2023-11-18T02:59:51+0000

Answer:

you get a pair of red socks. There are 10 socks in the drawer, and 2 are red. Therefore the probability that the first one will be red is 2/10 = 1/5.

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