Here's an another from my bank of Lateral Thinking skills.
There are 10 socks of each of the following colors in a drawer: blue, green, red, yellow & white, for a total of 50 socks. The socks are distributed in the drawer in the following permutation
red:green = 2:7,
blue:brown = 5:3,
red:blue = 6:7,
green:brown = 9:2,
red:brown = 11:9
and green:blue = 6:10
You are blindfolded, what is the minimum number of socks you must draw from the drawer in order to be certain that you have at least 2 socks of the same color? Explain your logic (HINT: this can be solved in less then 20 seconds.. believe me)
Let's see who get's this right this time... !!!
Regards,
Himanshu
There are 10 socks of each of the following colors in a drawer: blue, green, red, yellow & white, for a total of 50 socks. The socks are distributed in the drawer in the following permutation
red:green = 2:7,
blue:brown = 5:3,
red:blue = 6:7,
green:brown = 9:2,
red:brown = 11:9
and green:blue = 6:10
You are blindfolded, what is the minimum number of socks you must draw from the drawer in order to be certain that you have at least 2 socks of the same color? Explain your logic (HINT: this can be solved in less then 20 seconds.. believe me)
Let's see who get's this right this time... !!!
Regards,
Himanshu