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Unmatched socks 2003-11-17
From Shannon:

i have 6 pairs of socks lying unmatched in my dresser drawer. Each pair is a differnt color (brown, black, red, yellow, green, purple) When i wake up in the morning, I randomly grab 2 of the loose socks and put them on without looking.

If two socks are randomly selected from the drawer, what is the probability that they match?


Answered by Andrei Volodin.
 
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