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how many socks do u have to pick to make sure that a pair of same color socks?

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Melissa_dwl | 05:10 Mon 08th Jul 2002 | How it Works
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here's an insteresting question: there are some black and blue socks in a drawer and their quantity rate is 4:5. the room is too dark to tell the color of the socks. how many socks do u have to pick to make sure that a pair of same color socks?
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3. Let's assume the first is black. The second can be black too, but it also has a 1 in 2 chance of being blue. The third sock must be either black or blue, therefore you have a pair.
12:19 Mon 08th Jul 2002
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turn on the light god-dammit
15:06 Mon 15th Jul 2002
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why dont you turn on the light and find out?!
14:39 Mon 07th Aug 2006

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