You just won 2016 socks. Some of them are white, the other are blue. The color of each sock was randomly chosen, with a 50/50 probability. Is it more probable that the socks can be paired, or that you will remain with two unmatching socks?
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The probability of "pairability" is...
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There are two situations that matter when picking the last sock: 1) we have one extra of one sock. 2) we have three extra of one sock. Therefore we are more likely to have one unmatched set. |
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I believe that EDIT:
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