SOLUTION: suppose you have 40 blue socks and 40 brown socks in a drawer.how many socks must you take from the drawer (without looking) to be sure of getting a pair with the same color. a pai

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Question 1118642: suppose you have 40 blue socks and 40 brown socks in a drawer.how many socks must you take from the drawer (without looking) to be sure of getting a pair with the same color. a pair with different colors
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suppose you have 40 blue socks and 40 brown socks in a drawer.how many socks must you take from the drawer (without looking)
to be sure of getting a pair with the same color. a pair with different colors
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(a)  to get a pair with the same color:  3 socks.


     After getting any 3 socks,  you inevitably will have a pair with the same color.



(b)  to get a pair with different color:  41 socks.


     In the worst case, your first 40 socks will be all of one color,

     but the 41-th sock will be of the different color.