A drawer contains 8 blue, 15 white, and 17 red socks. How many socks must be removed without looking to be sure of getting at least one matching pair each color. thx
2007-09-18 16:21:04 · 6 answers · asked by Meow* 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Absolute worst case...
Get all the red socks first...
Then all the white socks...
Finally get two blue socks...
So, 17+15+2 = 34 socks
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2007-09-18 16:27:32 · answer #1 · answered by taq2007 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-11-05 21:12:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
only two one white and 1 red
2007-09-18 16:44:04 · answer #3 · answered by buraot 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probally four.
The first could be blue, the 2nd white, 3rd red.
The forth would match.
2007-09-18 16:25:32 · answer #4 · answered by Steve B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets see about 14
2007-09-18 16:25:16 · answer #5 · answered by Sprout☮ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DUH all of them cuz they are smelly!
2007-09-18 16:24:19 · answer #6 · answered by Jasmin K 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋