Saturday, March 7, 2009

Drawing Socks

It's time to get up. You roll out of bed, eyes still closed, and stagger over to your sock drawer. You know that you have three green socks, five red socks, eight blue socks, nine black socks, and twelve white socks scattered at random in the drawer. How many socks will you need to withdraw (keeping your eyes closed) in order to be sure you've go a matching pair?

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