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Old March 6th, 2004, 08:01 PM
slenon
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Default Engineer- OR, Mathematician test

A box contained 50 red socks and 50 green socks. You withdrew two socks;
one
green and one red. What is the probability of having a matching pair on

the
next withdrawal?


The probability is 100%. No matter which color sock is withdrawn it will
match one of the two already withdrawn. Thus, a matching pair.

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