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How many socks to remove to make a pair?

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There are 4 black socks and 4 white socks in a drawer. Now you have to go out wearing your shoes.
So how many minimum number of times you need to remove the sock from drawer so that you can go out?

posted Feb 20, 2014 by anonymous

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1 Answer

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Choose socks

Black => B
White => W

Sequence =>
WW
BB
BWW
BWB
WBB
WBW

So Answer => THREE

answer Feb 21, 2014 by Vikas Upadhyay



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