A deck of 12 cards consists of 3 identical red cards, 3 identical blue cards, 3

Chapter 9, Problem 3

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A deck of 12 cards consists of 3 identical red cards, 3 identical blue cards, 3 identical green cards and 3 identical yellow cards. The cards are mixed up (shuffled). Three cards are selected and the result is recorded. The three cards are then returned to the deck and the process is repeated. How many times must this be done to be guaranteed that there are three identical outcomes?

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