Jelly beans
Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 09:41AM
Emma A Holliday

jellybeans.gifProblem

You have a large container filled with Jelly Beans. There are only three colours - red, green and yellow. You are blindfolded. How many jelly beans do you need to draw out of the container to guarantee you get two jelly beans of the same colour?

Answer

Four.

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