A closet contains four pairs of shoes. If four shoes are

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A closet contains four pairs of shoes. If four shoes are chosen at random, what is the probability that the chosen shoes do not contain a pair?

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QUESTION:

A closet contains four pairs of shoes. If four shoes are chosen at random, what is the probability that the chosen shoes do not contain a pair?

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A cupboard contains  four pairs of shoes.

If four shoes chosen at random ,then the claim is to find the  probability that the shoes do not contain a pair.

We know that 4 pair of shoes contains 8 shoes.

The number of combinations is =

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