Question

Santa has lots of mixed up socks in his sack! If he has 6 green socks, 4 gold socks, 8 black socks and 2 red socks, what is the minimum he needs to pull out of his sack to get a matching pair?

Answer 1

The answer to the problem is as follows:

minimum to be 100% sure of getting a pair...

he could pull out a green sock, a gold sock, a black sock, and a red sock on
4
 
picks, none of which match
that's 4 picks
seeing that he has one of each color, on the fifth pick he will for sure have a match
5 is the minimum