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Maths Puzzle
A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue, 32 red, and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color?
a) 50 b) 8 c) 60 d) 42
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- in the first case the lady takes up 32 red colour
then he takes up 24 y (cause he should take up pair)
then he takes up 1y+1blue
then 2blue(cause to make sure he has a pair of each color in hand)
32+24+2+2=60 - 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(26) No(28)
- There can be lots of logic for this, but approach the simplest one so that we approach to one of the solutions. Suppose the lady first picks 32 Red gloves, and then 24 Yellow gloves. The next pair she pics will be one Yellow and One Blue which does not make a pair. The next two will be blue gloves. So she make a total of 32+24+1+1+2 = 60 picks.
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- 13 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(4)
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