SOLUTION: Suppose you have 23 girls and 23 boys in a classroom. You put each of their names on a piece of paper and put the papers in a hat. Without looking, how many names would you need

Question 938728: Suppose you have 23 girls and 23 boys in a classroom. You put each of their names on a piece of paper and put the papers in a hat.
Without looking, how many names would you need to pull out of the hat to be sure you get either two boys or two girls?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's say the first 23 were either ALL girls 0r ALL boys...
The 24th pull would insure one of each.
The 25th pull would insure either two boys or two girls.
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