Homework Help: math

Posted by zuny on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 8:40pm.

sadie has a drawer filled with pink, purple, yellow, and green socks. if she draws socks out of the drawer one at a time, how many will she have to pull out before she has a matched pair?

math - Steve, Friday, March 30, 2012 at 11:27am
since there are only 4 colors, any set of 5 socks will have to have at least two of the same color.

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