Question

A lady had some socks and hats in her closet - 17 blue, 47 red, and 24 yellow. The light are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and sock. She takes out an items out of the closet only if she is sure that it is a sock.How many socks must she take out to make sure she has two socks of each colour?

Answer 1

Answer:

88 socks she has to take out.

Step-by-step explanation:

Here we are given that, a lady has some socks and some hats in her closet of three different colors – 17 blue, 47 red and 24 yellow.

She has to take out a pair of socks in darkness.

Since, we are not given the no. of hats and socks separately.  

So, let us consider that all the items in the closet are socks.  

Then the no. of socks that she must take out to make sure that she has two socks of each color are  

17+47+24 = 88.

Therefore, she has to take out all the 88 socks, to make sure that, the two socks are of same color.