Question

grace has 16 jellybeans in a bag. she has 8 red ones, 4 green ones and 4 blue ones. what is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her bag to ensure she has one of each color?

Answer 1

worst case:
pull out 8 reds in a rwo, total 8
pull out 4 blues, total 9
pull out 1 green, total 10
the greens and blues can be reversed, same answer

Answer 2

one