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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?

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| Comment 26 of 27 |

The required minimum number of gloves that Mr. Blue will have to pick is 11.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-10-05 02:28:29

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