SOLUTION: Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out her pocket to ensure that she

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Question 216418: Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones and 4 blue ones.
What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color?
I tried to do the problem. I thought maybe the answer could be 4
could u please give me the corrected as well formula? Thank you!
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
In order to GUARANTEE that you have at least one of each, you would have to allow for the fact that you MIGHT draw 8 red ones in a row (since that is the largest number of any given color!), PLUS all 4 of the next most frequent color, plus at least one of the last color. That would be 13. That's my guess!!

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