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Question: Your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks.
How many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?
Answers: Your sock drawer has 6 black socks, 4 brown socks, 8 white socks, and 2 tan socks.
How many socks would you have to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair?
With riddles like this, the fastest way to an answer is usually to find the "key element." Mentioning the numbers of socks of each color is meant to mislead you. In reality, the key element is the total number of different colors. Imagine trying to get a matching pair out of a hundred different colors, and you'll understand this. There are four colors in this case, so taking out five socks guarantees that two will match. Look for the key element.
answer: 5
all of them
5. If you pulled out one of each on the first 4 tries...you'd definitely have a match on the 5th.
2 if you knew which colors were where.
or, turn on the lights so you don't look like a fool when you go out later.
5, guaranteed one match.
what the girl above me said.
hey u didn't say if one at a time or not
The Answer Is 5. If There are 4 colors and you will prob take out one of each color and you take out another you will have to have a same color
6
I'd pull all of them out
if you were in the dark and pick out socks til you had a matching pair how would you know if you had a matching pair or not until you turned on the lights to check if they were matching, but if that were the case then why wouldn't you just turn on the light before you pulled the socks out of the drawer. but if you picked 5 socks there is going to be at least 1 pair of matching socks. but your odds of pulling out a matching pair in your first 2 tries would be 7.9% for black, 3.2% for brown, 14.7% for white, and 0.5% for tan.
There are four different colors so taking out five socks guarantees that two will match.
20!? because u didnt say wat color! lol!!!!!!!!!