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  • May 25, 2012, 09:57 AM
    Rajaendra
    probability problems homework
    A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet -18blue,32red,and 25 yellow the lights are out and it is totally dark.In spite of the darkness.she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove.She takes out an item out of the close only if she is sure that if it is a glove how many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color?

    a)50
    b)8
    c)60
    d)42
  • May 25, 2012, 10:20 AM
    Curlyben
    What do YOU think ?
  • May 25, 2012, 10:22 AM
    rrett44556
    Its either d or a
  • May 25, 2012, 11:04 AM
    ebaines
    The answer is "none of the above." If there are 32 red gloves and 25 yellow gloves it's possible she could pull all the reds and yellows without getting a single blue - that would be 57 gloves. At this point there are only blues left. So she is guarranted to get a blue pair by taking two more gloves. So the total is 32+ 25 + 2 = 59.

    I have a feeling that you mistyped the problem, as it seems the hats have nothing to do with anything.

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