Meghan has not been pairing her socks, and she now has a drawer of mismatched socks. Her drawer
has 7 black socks, 6 white socks, 2 purple socks, and 5 yellow socks.
a. Suppose Meghan reaches into her drawer without looking and randomly selects one sock. What is
the probability of selecting each of the different colored socks in her drawer? Write each probability
as a fraction in simplest terms.
b. Predict the number of socks of each color you would get if you chose a sock from the drawer
without looking 40 times, replacing each sock before the next selection.
