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A closet contains 10pairs of shoes. If 8shoes are randomly selected, what is the probability that there will be

(a) no complete pair?

(b) exactly1complete pair?

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a)P(no complete pair)=10828208b)P(exactly one pair)=9626*10208

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01

Given Information.

A closet contains 10pairs of shoes. If8shoes are randomly selected.

02

Part (a) Explanation.

Since there shouldn't be a complete pair, we are allowed to choose atmost 1shoes from each pair. Therefore, our choice can be made in the following way: first, choose 8pairs from the10pairs in the closet; this can be done in108ways. Then from the chosen8pairs, choose one shoe from each. This can be done in 28ways as there are 2choices for each pair. Therefore, the total number of choices is10828. The number of ways to randomly choose 8shoes out is208. Therefore,

P(no complete pair)=10828208

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Part (b) Explanation.

For getting exactly one pair, we can first choose the pair which will appear completely; there are 10ways of doing it. Then we need to choose 6shoes from the9remaining pairs such that there are no complete pairs. Proceeding as part(a)we see that there are 9626ways for this. Therefore, the total number is9626*10. Thus,

P(exactly one pair)=9626*10208

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