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You have a drawer with 10 individual white socks and 10 individual black socks.how many socks do you have to pull out of the drawer to guarantee you get two of the same colour?

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User Khadija
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Answer:

3

Explanation:

Only 3 times. Once you have two socks of the same color, they already form a matching pair.

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User Karavolt
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hmm

let's make a suppose thing

lets say we pick a black
then white
then the next one will be either black or white and you get a pair

so 3 socks minimum
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User Karel Kral
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