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You have brown, pink, black, and white socks in a drawer (8 ofeach color). In each of the following cases, what is the minimumnumber that you must take out to ensure that:

a) You have a matching pair?

b) You have two of different colors?

c) You have at least 3 brown or 4 pink or 5 black or 7 whitesocks?

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a matching pair Lets say youve picked four socks since we have four colors If youve already found a pair after two or three or four draws youre done But its possible after four draws that you havent drawn a match yet So assume you dont have that pair after    See Answer
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