Answer to POW #7:

There is a 12/22 chance that the first shoe George chooses is black. Given this choice, 11 of the remaining 21 shoes are black, and 6 of these are black AND belong on the opposite foot. Thus there is a probability of (12/22)(6/21) that George will choose a matching pair of black shoes.

Similarly, there is a (6/22)(3/21) chance he will choose a matching pair of brown shoes, and a (4/22)(2/21) chance he will choose a matching pair of gray shoes.

Therefore the chance that George chooses a pair of shoes he can wear and not look really silly is (12/22)(6/21) + (6/22)(3/21) + (4/22)(2/21) = 49/231 = 7/33.

Source: MATHCOUNTS Handbook