Question

A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue, 32 red, and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

To gave Pairs of glove for each pair, we first need to take out 32 gloves which in the worst case can be red.

1 yellow hat is available.

1 yellow hat is available.so total things need to be taken out are=32+24+4=60.