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mariko walks into her dark room to pull socks out of the dresser. If she has 5 pairs of white socks, 3 pair of blue socks, and 4 pairs of pink socks that are single ( not matched up ), how many socks does she need to pull out to make sure that she will ends up with 1 matching pair?

User Scarygami
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4 because if there are 4 single socks at least one of those times there will be a matched pair
User Xavier Shay
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Answer:

Since there are three different categories,

4 must be drawn to be sure of getting a

matching pair. To match up 1 pair means

i pair has 2 socks she has 1 she hast pull

out i more to match up 1 pair.lt would be

thirteen.

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