probability of choosing a white pair and then a blue pair without replacing the white pair

Question

James has a drawer in his dresser.for his socks in the drawer he has 4 pairs of white socks, 3 pairs of black socks, 2 pairs of blue socks, and a pair of red socks that he had to wear with his costume for a school play. Find the probability of the following independent and dependent events if james chooses socks without looking in the drawer

Answer 1

Probability of selecting a pair of white socks out of a mixture of 10 pairs of socks in various colours is 4/10=0.4. This leaves 9 pairs of socks including 3 white pairs. The probability of selecting one of the blue pairs next is 2/9. so the combined probability is 0.8/9=4/45 or 0.0889, or 8.89% approx.