A new challenge: In the dark of the early morning, you…
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A new challenge:
In the dark of the early morning, you rummage through your sock drawer: there are ten white, ten black and ten blue socks. What is the maximum number of times you have to pull out a single sock to have a pair of the same color?
#earn #socks
Deadline: 2024-09-26 00:00 UTC
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The wheel will pick 3 winners (from all correct answers) - you can get 1,000,000 each.
In the dark of the early morning, you rummage through your sock drawer: there are ten white, ten black and ten blue socks. What is the maximum number of times you have to pull out a single sock to have a pair of the same color?
#earn #socks
Deadline: 2024-09-26 00:00 UTC
One comment per user.
Many thx to
The wheel will pick 3 winners (from all correct answers) - you can get 1,000,000 each.
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Four. If the first three are different colors, then the fourth will give you a matching color/pair.
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3 socks on different color, on fourth pull I guarantee to get the pair of color sock's, my answer is 4.
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You could pick out up to FOUR pairs of socks in order to ensure that they are all the same color. This manner, the fourth sock will guarantee you have at least one matching pair.
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