Wednesday, February 13, 2008

We do the Research for You


If you have a laundry basket containing 10 pairs each of two types of socks, the maximum number of socks you will need to take out to find a matching pair is three.

3 comments:

Arthur said...

thanks for this tim. btw, how long did the research take?

TimB said...

I have been researching this subject for years. I hope to defend my dissertation sometime next year.

Ringo fan said...

What's your proof?