How many socks do I have to take from the drawer to get at least two socks of the same color?

So in order to get at least two socks on the same color, you need to pick at least 7 socks.

What is the smallest number of socks you must take out of drawer if there was a 40 watt bulb?

What is the smallest number of socks you must take out of the drawer in order to be certain that you have a pair that match? Solution: Three socks.

How many socks is 6 pairs?

12 socks
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What is the probability of getting 2 socks the same color?

Picking the first sock of the two with the same color has the probability of 2/6, and therefore picking the second sock with the same color has a probability of (2−1)/(6−1)=1/5 respectively.

How many socks do you need to take out of the drawer?

The answer is four. Although there are many socks in the drawer, there are only three colors, so if you take four socks then you are guaranteed to have at least one matching pair.

How many socks do you have to pull out of the bag to be certain you’ve got two matching pairs?

How many socks does a person have in a drawer?

In other words, you are guaranteed to have a couple. So the answer is, indeed, 4. A person has 14 red socks and 14 white socks in a drawer. What is the minimum number of sock pairs to get a correct pair?

What is the probability of drawing 2 socks from the drawer?

For each set of socks, there are 8. 8 * 7 (7 other socks to each being matched) = 56 possible combinations in each set of socks / 2 to remove duplicates = 28 possible combinations of socks in each set. 28 / 780 = 0.036 probability of drawing a pair when drawing 2 socks from the drawer. Cheers guys!

How many times do you need to take out a sock?

You have a drawer with 10 pairs of black socks and 10 pairs of white socks. How many times do you need to blindly reach inside the drawer and take out a sock, so that you get a matching pair? Only 3 times. Once you have two socks of the same color, they already form a matching pair.

How to pull two matching socks in 3 draws?

To pull two matching socks in three draws. you can pull 3 socks of the same color, or 2 socks of one color, and sock of annother color. $\\frac{5{4\\choose2}*16 + 5*{4\\choose3} }{20\\choose3}$ we can keep going with this methodolgy to work up to 4 and 5 4 draws.