The lights go out, your bedroom is pitch dark, yet you still need to find a pair of socks, in your drawer there is 25 white socks and 25 red socks how many socks do you need to pull out before you get a matching pair?

At most 3

Step-by-step explanation:

If there are 25 white socks and 25 red socks, a matching pair would be picked in at most 3 times.

The first sock you pick would be either White or Red

The second sock you pick would be either white or red again which means that you now either have 2 whites, 2 reds or 1 white and 1 red.

The third sock you pick will either be white or red once more. At this point you will either have 3 whites, 3 reds, 2 whites and 1 red or 2 reds and 1 white.

You will therefore have at least a matching pair after 3 tries.

14.3

step-by-step explanation:

add all the numbers together.

9 + 12 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 17 = 86

now, divide 86 by how many numbers we have: 6.

86 / 6 = 14.3

b

step-by-step explanation:

this is because the profit is decreasing and turning into debt