A box contains 6 red, 3 white, 2 green, and 1 black (total 12) identical balls. What is the least number of balls necessary to take out randomly (without looking) to be sure of getting: at least three the same color?

We shall need to pick at least 4 balls to be sure that we are getting balls with the same color

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to know the least number of balls to be taken out of the box to be sure that we have all the three colors represented.

We know there are 12 identical balls, with the least numbers of balls being 1 and 2. Hence, to be able to know we have all the colors of balls represented, we will need to have taken all the less represented ones i.e the 1 and 2 , and this means that the next number of ball which would be taken will confidently confirm that we have taken all the colors since we would have exhausted picking other balls at this point.

So we shall be needing at least 4 balls picked to ensure that we have all the colors represented

this story was prepared by jim

mccullaugh in los angeles and

al stewart in new york.

new york the colossal success of "top gun" appears to have dramatically altered madison avenue's

perception of corporate sponsorship

of home video projects.

the paramount home video re- lease, featuring a 60- second diet

pepsi spot, was by no means the

first prerecorded video to carry an advertiser's plug, but it was the

first major theatrical release to do so. in the aftermath of the title's

success, paramount is widely ex- pected to ink a similar deal for

"crocodile dundee" or "star trek

iv" or both.

corporate america's new attraccds push british

recording sales

to 19% gain

london fueled by the compact

disk boom, the value of u.k. manu- facturer shipments of recordings

rose 19% in the 12 -month period ended march 1987, according to the

british phonographic industry.

total value of u.k. shipments for

the period was $755 million for all

configurations. (all value figures

are based on an exchange rate of

$1.68 to the pound sterling.)

cd sales totaled 10.7 million units

worth $121.3 million- compared

with 3.7 million units worth $39.5

million in the prior 12 months -and

accounted for two -thirds of the

overall gain in trade value. at present growth rates, says the bpi, cd

sales for calendar 1987 will reach 20

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step-by-step explanation:

x = ± 6i

step-by-step explanation:

x^2 = -36

take the square root of each side

sqrt(x^2) = sqrt(-36)

we know sqrt(ab) = sqrt(a) sqrt(b)

x = ±sqrt(36) sqrt(-1)

we know that sqrt (-1) = i

x = ± 6i