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Pigeonhole Principle

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Practical Principle 2

Aragog the spider lives in the forest and his 8 feet are very cold. So he starts looking for socks. The socks in the forest have the colors red, orange, yellow, green and blue. He needs 8 socks of the same color.

How many socks should Aragog find such that he will surely have enough?

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