It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same color from my drawer, which contains 24 red and 24 blue socks. How many socks do I have to take from the drawer to get at least two socks of the same color?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 48 (d) 25

• ans is b)3
  consider first take red shocks and next take blue
  in the next taking shock either having blue or red so get at least two socks of same color
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• the answer is 3.. Out of 3, two will be same while taking in random order..
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• answer will be 25 bcoz we can draw cont. 24 socks of same colour but when will draw 25th socks den der must be one pair of same colour
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• the answer is 3
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