A sock drawer contains 5 different colors of socks. It has 20 white, 10 black, 10 gray, 6 red, and 4 purple. If you reach into the drawer and choose a sock randomly, what is the probability you will get a black sock? (Write your final answer as a fraction.)

Question

A sock drawer contains 5 different colors of socks. It has 20 white, 10 black, 10 gray, 6 red, and 4 purple. If you reach into the drawer and choose a sock randomly, what is the probability you will get a black sock? (Write your final answer as a fraction.)

P (black) = StartFraction Number of favorable outcomes over Total number of outcomes EndFraction

P(black) =

Answer 1

total number of socks = 50

number of black socks = 10

prob(picking a black sock) = 10/50 = 1/5

btw, this question is about as easy as you will ever get for this topic
of probability.