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Black And Brown Gloves (Posted on 2004-10-06)

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?

See The Solution Submitted by SilverKnight

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| Comment 21 of 27 |

(In reply to re: No Subject by Nosher)

I think it's something else if no one got it yet.

Posted by Easy_to_find_out on 2004-10-21 11:43:47

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