SOLUTION: I visited a beautiful flower garden yesterday and counted 26 flowers. Each flower was either red or yellow, and the flowers were not all the same color. My friend made the followin
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Question 261381: I visited a beautiful flower garden yesterday and counted 26 flowers. Each flower was either red or yellow, and the flowers were not all the same color. My friend made the following observation: No matter which two flowers you might have picked, at least one was bound to be red. From this can you determine how many were red and how many were yellow?
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25 red, 1 yellow.
John
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