You have a bucket of jelly beans. Some are red, some are blue, and some green. With your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a like color. How many do you have to grab to be sure you have 2 of the same?

• 4
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(19) No(6)
• 4 beans should pick over to get 2 of same color
  v sud assume 1 alternative comes at a time 3 or different colors then 4th one vl be the one of earlier colors
• 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(9) No(3)
• minimum 4 because in three picks they may be of different colour like red ,blue and green but 4th pick will match with at least one of its own colour
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
• number of jelly beans of each color is not mentioned thus let us assume there are x red beans y blue beans and z green beans
  let the minimum of x y and z be min
  if we grab min+1 beans then we can have 2 of the same color even if all others are different
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(5)
• Answer is 4.
  First 3 might be different, but fourth one will be the second bean of any one of the color for sure.
• 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• 4
  there are three different colors
  so when we select 4 beans
  minimum of two like color beans can be grabbed
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• 4
  by picking 4 we will have definitely of the same kind either of the four.
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• if red>>blue>>green than we have to grab at least no of blue + green so that only one color left and the next 2 jelly would be the same color..
  
  pls provide corect answer if this is not
• 8 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)
• count the number of beans in each color first. say RED=25, BLUE = 35, GREEN = 45.
  
  IF YOU WANT RED :
  Now if you pick 45, worst situation is all 45 are GREEN;
  then pick 35 the worst situation is all 35 are BLUE ;
  next pick 2 and you will surely have 2 RED!
  
  IF YOU WANT BLUE :
  Pick 45 : worst - all GREEN
  Pick 25 : worst - all RED
  Pick 2 more : sure BLUE
  
  Same way for GREEN too (Pick 25 and 35 and then 2 more!)
• 6 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)