Question

Gabriel is not one for pairing socks before he throws them in his sock drawer. One dark morning, his drawer contains 8 blue socks, 6 brown socks, and 4 gray socks. What is the probability that he pulls a brown sock? Explain your answer?

Answer 1

8+6+4=18 (denominator) 

6/18 
simplify

1/3 chance
To find the answer you have to know how many socks are brown compared to how many are in the drawer.