document.write( "Question 200761: kathy has 10 red socks, 12 green socks, and 26 purple socks in her drawer. in the morning she begins taking a sock out of the drawer one at a time. how many socks must she take out of the drawer to ensure that she was matching green socks? \n" ); document.write( "
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Suppose that the worst possible case occurs.
\n" ); document.write( "First, she picks all purple socks. That means she
\n" ); document.write( "picked 26 times. Then she picks all red socks.
\n" ); document.write( "That is 10 more picks without a green sock.
\n" ); document.write( "She has picked 36 socks, and now only green are left
\n" ); document.write( "The next 2 picks are sure to be a pair of green socks.
\n" ); document.write( "That comes to \"26+%2B+10+%2B+2+=+38\" picks that will
\n" ); document.write( "ensure, in the worst case, that she gets a green pair.
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