Adrawer contains a dozen brown socks and a dozen black socks, all unmatched. A man takes socks out at random in the dark. A) how many socks must he take out to be sure that he has at least two socks of the same color? B) how many socks must he take out to be sure that he has at least two black socks?
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3
14
Step-by-step explanation:
12 brown and 12 black socks
if he get 3 socks out of box
he will get atleast either 2 socks of black or brown
to get 2 black socks he need to take out
14 socks = 12 brown + 2 black
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A) 3- The third sock will match the first or second if they don't match each other.
B) 14 - It's highly unlikely yet possible to remove all brown socks first, the next two would have to be black.
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