6. A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue-
32 red and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally
dark inspite of the darkness. She can make out the
difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an
item out of the closet 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 colour?
a) 50 b) 8 c) 60 d) 42

Answer Posted / pradeep

in first lady takes 32 gloves r red in color

she go for next pickup that may be yellow or blue

we assume is it yellow

after then she pickups 24 yellow gloves

only one yellow be there probability for getting blue also

so 1+1 yellow +blue

so now there is no yellow and red gloves

so she pickup 2 gloves which must be in blue


32+24+2+2=60

ans :60...........

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