Compound Events and Sample Space
Instruction Active
Counting Outcomes
Sock 2
bb
WW
A drawer contains one pair of brown socks and one
pair of white socks. The table shows the possible
outcomes, or sample space for choosing a sock,
replacing it, and then choosing another sock.
If the first sock is not replaced, how many possible
outcomes are there?
b,
bb,
bb,
wb, w
Sock 1
,
wb, w
How many of these outcomes contain a matching pair
of socks?
w,
bw, b
W, W
w
W
wb wb wW W W