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 of her pocket to ensure that sh
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Question 4576: 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 of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color? Answer by guapa(62) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! so, there are 3 different colors. Red, green, blue. She wants to have one of each color. 1blue+1red+1green = 3 Thus 16 - 3 = 13. She must take out 13 jellybeans.
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