MAT · 2006 · Question 28 of 40

MAT 2006 MS Slot 1 Question 28

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Q28 MULTIPLE CHOICE

In a certain laboratory, chemicals are identified by a colour coding system. There are 20 different chemicals. Each one is coded with either a single colour or a unique two colour pair. If the order of colours in the pair doesn't matter, then what is the minimum number of different colours needed to code all the 20 chemicals with either a single colour or a unique pair of colours?