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A drawer contains 12 red and 12 blue socks, all unmatched. A person takes socks out at random in the dark. How many socks must he take out to be sure that he has at least two blue socks?

Correct Answer: 14
Given 12 red and 12 blue socks so, in order to take out at least 2 blue socks, first we need to take out 12 shocks (which might end up red in worst case) and then take out 2 socks (which would be definitely blue). Thus we need to take out total 14 socks.

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