Del, Chico, and Gino play a certain game. The player who loses each round must give each of the other player as much money as the player has at that time. In Round 1, Del loses and gives Chico and Gino as much money as they each have. In Round 2, Chico loses and gives Del and Gino as much money as they each have. Gino loses in Round 3 and gives Del and Chico as much money as they each have. They decide to quite at this point and discover that they each have 24 dollars. How much money did they each start with?
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1. Del, Chico, and Gino play a certain game. The player who loses each round must give each of the other player as much money as the player has at that time. In Round 1, Del loses and gives Chico and Gino as much money as they each have. In Round 2, Chico loses and gives Del and Gino as much money as they each have. Gino loses in Round 3 and gives Del and Chico as much money as they each have. They decide to quite at this point and discover that they each have 24 dollars. How much money did they each start with?
2. In a drawer, there are eight blue socks, six green socks, and twelve black socks. What is the smallest number of socks that must be taken from the drawer without looking at the socks to be certain of having two socks of the same color?
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