A bowl contains 75 candies, identical except for color. Twenty are red, 25 are green, and 30 are brown. Without looking, what is the least number of candies you must pick in order to be absolutely certain that three of them are brown?
Illuminations: Candies
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Illuminations: Candies
A bowl contains 75 candies, identical except for color. Twenty are red, 25 are green, and 30 are brown. Without looking, what is the least number of candies you must pick in order to be absolutely certain that three of them are brown?
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Math Topics
Probability
Middle School, High School
7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
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