In a drawer you have 8 black socks and 5 yellow socks , if you pick out a sock what is the probability that pick out a black sock

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8/13

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find the probability in questions like this, we would need to find the number that we want to get and the total amount of possibilities.

Important information in the text:

With the information, we can find the probability.

In the question, we are trying to find the probability of picking out a black sock, and there is 8 black socks. The 8 will go on our numerator.

Our denominator would be the total amount of things that leads to our probability. Since we only have 8 black socks and 5 yellow socks, we would add 8 + 5 to get the total amount of socks.

8 + 5 = 13

The 13 will go in the denominator.

When you put all of the stuff together, you should get 8/13. You can't simplify it because 13 is an odd number that can't get any smaller.

8/13 is the probability of picking out a black sock

3 1/3 x 2 3/5 = 8 2/3

step-by-step explanation:

just multiply the first number by the second number to get your answer.