Toni has 10 blue socks, 14 green socks, and 4 red socks in a drawer. She removes socks from the drawer one at a time at random What is the fewest number of socks that Toni needs to pull out to be sure4 pairs of socks all of the same color?

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amistre64 · Answer

8 socks would be 4 pairs

amistre64 · Answer

id pull out 28 just to be sure lol

amistre64 · Answer

there are only 7 pairs of greens socks and 2 pairs of red socks to begin with

amistre64 · Answer

and 5 pairs of blue; so id say she needsd to give up

anonymous · Answer

WELL, someone told me that the answer was 19. But, i have no idea how they got that.

amistre64 · Answer

i was thinking 8 piars of scks lol

amistre64 · Answer

come on fingers .... work it

amistre64 · Answer

r,r,r,r, g,b,g,b, g,b,g,b ,g,b,g,b g,b,g,

amistre64 · Answer

19 is what i count too

amistre64 · Answer

in other words, imagine that you pull r,r,r,r and have to get thru your gbs to get 4 pairs

amistre64 · Answer

the worst that you could do is alternating pulls

g,b,g,b 
g,b,g,b 
g,b,g,b 
g,b,g

4 pair greens; or blues depeneding on the order