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A drawer contains a dozen unmatched brown socks and a dozen unmatched black socks. how many socks must someone take out to ensure they have two black socks?

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A) 3 - The third sock will match the first or second if they don't match each other.
B) 14 - It's highly unlikely yet possible to remove all brown socks first, the next two would have to be black.
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