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Out of 28 marbles in a box, 6 are red, 5 are blue and the remaining are white. If Bill selects marbles at random while packing, what is the least number he must remove from the box to be sure that he has 3 marbles of the same colour?

 
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Why 4 is not right answer if it take 4,0,0

There are 6 red, 5 blue and 17 white marbles in the box. If he had picked up 4, they could be (2, 1, 1), not satisfying the condition that at least one of them must be 3. If he had picked up 7 marbles, they could be (7, 0, 0), (6, 1, 0) (5, 2, 0), (5, 1, 1), (4, 3, 0), (4, 2, 1), (3, 3, 1), (3, 2, 2). In all these possibilities there are 3 marbles of the same colour. So, the answer is 7. I am not agreed with this answer why it can not be (4,0,0)