You are wearing a pair of cargo pants with six pockets. You've put $10 in one of the pockets, but you cannot remember which one. After checking two pockets without success, what is the probability that the money will be in the next pocket you check? NextReset

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Messiah Harris

21 April, 00:45

You are wearing a pair of cargo pants with six pockets. You've put $10 in one of the pockets, but you cannot remember which one. After checking two pockets without success, what is the probability that the money will be in the next pocket you check? NextReset

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Kayla Ramirez · Answer 1

The probability is 1 out of 3. 1/3

Kendal Perkins · Answer 2

The probability of success on the next one is 1/4 or 25%

The total number of ways left over is 4 for your next try

The number of pockets that will be successful is 1

Since there are 6 pockets all together. And you checked two of them and neither of them had the $10. so you cannot forget those 2 when figuring this out, and now there are 4 pockets left unchecked