A box contains 6 pairs of shoes (12 shoes in total). If two shoes are selected at random, what it is the probability that they are matching shoes? Pick one:  A) 1/11  B) 1/20  C) 1/19  D) 1/10  E) 1/9
The problem with your solution is that we don't choose 1 shoe from 12, but rather choose the needed one AFTER we just took one and need the second to be the pair of it. So, the probability would simply be: 1/1*1/11as after taking one at random there are 11 shoes left and only one is the pair of the first one)=1/11   1/11nswer: 1/11.
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A box contains 6 pairs of shoes (12 shoes in total). If two shoes are selected at random, what it is the probability that they are matching shoes?