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Question 14

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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