. In his pocket, a boy has 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 4 green marbles. How many will he have to take out of his pocket to ensure that he has taken out at least one of each color?

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. In his pocket, a boy has 3 red marbles, 4 blue marbles, and 4 green marbles. How many will he have to take out of his pocket to ensure that he has taken out at least one of each color?

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He need to do 9 times to make sure of that...

4 times for blue and green, and on the ninth he will taken out red

Madi answered Nov 27, 2018

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Sounds like a trick question so I think it's 3

Ximyu answered Nov 28, 2018

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