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A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white and 10 blue. If you remove
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03 May 2018, 02:21
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A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white and 10 blue. If you remove marbles one at a time, randomly, what is the minimum number that must be removed to be certain that you have at least 2 marbles of each colour?
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03 May 2018, 02:27
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Bunuel wrote:
A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white and 10 blue. If you remove marbles one at a time, randomly, what is the minimum number that must be removed to be certain that you have at least 2 marbles of each colour?
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03 May 2018, 14:54
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No math necessary. If you remove 10 marbles, all of them could be blue. If you remove 16 marbles, all of them could by blue or white. If you remove 18 marbles, you will definitely have at least 2 of each color.
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07 May 2018, 10:33
Bunuel wrote:
A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white and 10 blue. If you remove marbles one at a time, randomly, what is the minimum number that must be removed to be certain that you have at least 2 marbles of each colour?
A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16 E. 18
Assume the worst case scenario, that is, you remove all 10 blue marbles and all 6 white marbles; you still don’t have any marbles in red. However, if you remove 2 more marbles (and they must be red), then you will have at least 2 marbles of each color. Therefore, you need to remove a total of 18 marbles to ensure you will have at least 2 marbles of each color.
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09 May 2018, 08:53
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Bunuel wrote:
A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white and 10 blue. If you remove marbles one at a time, randomly, what is the minimum number that must be removed to be certain that you have at least 2 marbles of each colour?
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03 Jun 2019, 12:35
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Bunuel wrote:
A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white and 10 blue. If you remove marbles one at a time, randomly, what is the minimum number that must be removed to be certain that you have at least 2 marbles of each colour?
A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16 E. 18
Assume the worst case scenario, that is, you remove all 10 blue marbles and all 6 white marbles; you still don’t have any marbles in red. However, if you remove 2 more marbles (and they must be red), then you will have at least 2 marbles of each color. Therefore, you need to remove a total of 18 marbles to ensure you will have at least 2 marbles of each color.
Answer: E
why do we start with the quantity highest in number ? as if we first remove 6 and 4 , then 2 from blue , result would be 12 . how is that wrong ? thanks in advance
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04 Aug 2019, 05:21
Bunuel wrote:
A jar contains 20 marbles: 4 red, 6 white and 10 blue. If you remove marbles one at a time, randomly, what is the minimum number that must be removed to be certain that you have at least 2 marbles of each colour?
A. 6 B. 10 C. 12 D. 16 E. 18
worst case question:
(10+6+1)worst case +1
therefore, 18
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the worst scenario 
