Question

A laundry basket contains 18 blue socks and 24 black socks. What is the probability of randomly picking 2 black socks, with replacement, from the basket?

Answer 1

Answer:

144/441

Step-by-step explanation:

There are 18+24=42 total socks

There are 24 black socks

So the probability is (24/42)*(24/42)=12/21 * 12/21 = 144/441

Answer 2

Answer:

189

Step-by-step explanation: