A ribbon box contains 12 spools of ribbon: 3 green spools, 4 red spools and 5 white spools. Selected at random?

Question

A ribbon box contains 12 spools of ribbon: 3 green spools, 4 red spools and 5 white spools. Selected at random, what is the maximum possible number of spools that can be taken from the box without having at least 2 spools of each color?

Answer 1

B.) 10. (5 whites, 4 reds, 1 green.)

Answer 2

Well technically it says 2 spools of each color. EACH being the key word there. So if you had 5 white spools, 4 red spools, and only 1 green spool, you technically wouldn't have 2 spools of each color as there is only 1 green. In my mind that would make the maximum possible spools 10, which is option B.

Answer 3

3

1 spool of each color

Answer 4

Ribbon On A Box