SOLUTION: A man has 29 socks in his drawer, 9 identical blue, 8 identical gray and 12 identical black. The lights are out and the man is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take o
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Question 194731: A man has 29 socks in his drawer, 9 identical blue, 8 identical gray and 12 identical black. The lights are out and the man is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make certain that he as a pair of each color?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
23. If he took out 22, he could have 12 black and 9 blue and 1 gray.
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