A drawer contains ten identical yellow socks, eight identical blue socks and four identical pink socks. Amrita picks socks from from the drawer without looking. What is the smallest number of socks she must pick to be sure that she has at least two pairs

(question continued): of matching socks? A) 5 B) 6 C) 8 D) 11 E) 13
Answer: Try applying each number starting from the smallest, you will find that with 6 socks there will always be at least 2 pairs of something as 6/2 = 3 (divides into it perfectly) and each category is perfectly divisible by 2 and there are 3 categories

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