A man has some socks in his drawer -- 15 identical blue, 41 identical red, 29 identical black. The lights are out and it is totally dark. How many socks must he take to make sure he has a pair of each colour?

• Harsh is correct the reason for that is----
  is he took all 15 are blue and all are black then 2 at least have red
  so 41+29+2=72
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• 72
  formula: sum of two maximums + 2
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• ans=== 41 + 29 + 2 == 72..
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• total socks in drawer=15+41+29=85
  lowest no of socks in drawer that is 15 blue
  then formula is= ((15+41+29)-15)+2=72
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• 72 is theeeeeee ans
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• 41+29+2=72
  
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• 41(r)+1(black)+28(black)+2(blue) = 72
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• ans is 3................
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• 4 is the ans. coz there are 3 coloured socks, and the worst case is that he will took 3 shocks and all are of different coloured, so when he will took 4th socks, any of the socks will be paired.
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• lets take the worst case in which he has to take out (41+29+2) =72 ,to make sure he has a pair of each color
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