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Question 9

There are only black socks and blue socks in a drawer. There are 7 black socks and 3 blue socks.

Sophie takes at random a sock from the drawer. She does not put the sock back in the drawer.

Sophie takes at random a second sock from the drawer.

a.

Complete the probability tree diagram.

A probability tree diagram for two socks. The first selection has two branches: Black and Blue, each with a dotted line for probability. The second selection has four branches: Black, Blue, Black, and Blue, each with a dotted line for probability.

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b.

Work out the probability that Sophie takes two socks of the same colour.

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