The answer is 5 socks.
There are only 4 different colored socks, so you could only grab a maximum of 4 socks before you would double up on colors. If you wanted to guarantee you had 2 of the same colored sock then you would need to grab 5 socks. wateva
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100% She will either have at least two brown socks or two white socks in any scenario.
75%
You must remove 12 socks to be sure of having a pair of Brown one
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omg math! omg math! omg math! another person-three. if you pull out three socks, here are all the possible ratios. black, black, brown brown, brown, black black, black, black brown, brown, brown
100% She will either have at least two brown socks or two white socks in any scenario.
75%
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You must remove 12 socks to be sure of having a pair of Brown one
three
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3- then you have to have 2 of 1 and 1 of the other
Mine is; all my socks are black. My wife's is not; she has all different colours of socks.
P(B) = 0.12 = 12%There are 25 pair of socks: 10 Black, 12 White, 3 Brown.P(B) = 3/25 = 0.12 = 12.0%
(10/29)(9/28)= 0.110837438 or about 11.1%