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Your sock drawer contains ten pairs of blue socks and ten pairs of red socks. If you're only allowed to take one sock at a time from the drawer, what's the minimum number of socks you need to take out before you're guaranteed a pair?
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Two. You only have to take out two socks. I never said they had to be a matching pair.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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