Question

A box contains `14` black socks and `14` white socks. Apart from color, all socks in the box are identical. Danny wants to take a pair of socks from the box without looking inside. How many socks does he need to take out to:

A. Certainly have any pair of socks,

B. Certainly have a pair of black socks?

Difficulty level (1 very easy - 10 very hard): 2

Topics:
Combinatorics -> Pigeonhole Principle Combinatorics -> Case Analysis / Checking Cases -> Processes / Procedures
Sources:
注讚讬 讚诪专讬 Avatar
注讚讬 讚诪专讬 - 5 years ago
15

讘谞讬诪讬谉 诪专讝讜谉 Avatar
讘谞讬诪讬谉 诪专讝讜谉 - 4 years ago
讗. 15 讘. 16

eva tv Avatar
eva tv - 3 years ago
讗. 3 讘. 16

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