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In a drawer there are 4 white socks, 3 blue socks and 5 grey socks. Two socks are picked randomly. What is the possibility that both the socks are of same color?

A. 1
B. 17/21
C. 13/17
D. 19/66
E. 1/2

No matter what color you pick first, less than half of the remaining socks will be of the matching colour, so the answer must be less than 1/2, and only D is plausible.
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Given: In a drawer there are 4 white socks, 3 blue socks and 5 grey socks. Two socks are picked randomly.
Asked: What is the possibility that both the socks are of same color?

Favorable ways = 4C2 + 3C2 + 5C2 = 6 + 3 + 10 = 19
Total ways = (4+3+5)C2 = 12C2 = 66
The possibility that both the socks are of same color = 19/66

IMO D
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