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There are 2 blue socks, 4 white socks, 6 black socks, and 8 red socks in sock drawer. What is the least number of socks that you have to pull out to make sure that you will have a matching pair? (Assume that all the socks are identical except for the color)

(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 9
(E) 11

We need to determine the fewest number of socks that we must pull to get a matching pair.

Pull one: blue

Pull two: white

Pull three: red

Pull four: black

We see that on the 5th pull, no matter what color sock is pulled, we’d have a matching pair.

Answer: B
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