A drawer contains black socks and white socks.
The ratio of black socks to white socks is 2:12:12:1.
Two socks are taken at random from the drawer.
The probability that both socks are white is 112\displaystyle \frac{1}{12}121.
Calculate the total number of socks in the drawer before any were removed.
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