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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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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Solution	K Sengupta	2022-01-01 04:21:42
Answer	K Sengupta	2008-10-05 02:28:29
Easy Fo Sheezy	Aileen and Ben Dover	2006-05-26 13:07:12
solution	andrew	2004-11-06 07:55:28
re(4): No Subject	Easy_to_find_out	2004-10-29 01:16:19
re(3): No Subject	nikki	2004-10-21 11:54:32
re(2): No Subject	Easy_to_find_out	2004-10-21 11:43:47
re: No Subject	Nosher	2004-10-21 01:49:35
No Subject	Easy_to_find_out	2004-10-20 22:41:39
re: Actual Solution	RandyOrton	2004-10-08 07:28:34
Actual Solution	tresspasser	2004-10-08 06:57:06
solution continued	ratclaw	2004-10-08 00:20:27
solution	ratclaw	2004-10-08 00:18:32
solution	Detti	2004-10-07 04:29:54
no solution	Colleen	2004-10-06 21:51:30
Pigeonholes	Timothy	2004-10-06 18:48:22
Worst Case	RandyOrton	2004-10-06 14:20:43
Worst case	e.g.	2004-10-06 13:56:31
Duuuuuuuuuhhh	Corey	2004-10-06 12:23:59
Flooble's Great!	Rajal	2004-10-06 10:17:54
Lefty	RandyOrton	2004-10-06 09:56:48
Hmmmm....	Charlie	2004-10-06 09:42:04
re(2): More than One !!!	juicy	2004-10-06 08:54:52
and the solution is...	juicy	2004-10-06 08:51:41
re: More than One !!!	nikki	2004-10-06 08:48:40
More than One !!!	Syzygy	2004-10-06 08:43:12
Solution + Explanation	nikki	2004-10-06 08:30:41

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