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Black And Brown Gloves (Posted on 2004-10-06) Difficulty: 1 of 5
Mr. Blue has 12 brown gloves and 8 black gloves in a drawer in his closet. If he blindly pulls gloves from the drawer, what's the minimum number of gloves Mr. Blue will have to pick, to be certain he has a pair of gloves of the same color?

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Solution No Subject | Comment 19 of 27 |

I'm surprised no one got this already

The answer is 3

How?

He can take out 2 at a time, and they can be black or brown, but one more will have to make a pair, so it's 3!


  Posted by Easy_to_find_out on 2004-10-20 22:41:39
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