There are 2 white plates, 6 green plates, 8 red plates, 4 pink plates, and 10 purple plates in the cabinet. What is the least number of plates that you have to pull out to make sure that you will have a matching pair? (Assume that all the plates are identical except for the color) Pick one
A) 2	B) 4	C) 12	D) 7	E) 6
Since there are 5 colors, if you take 5 plates, you could still have 1 plate per color and not have a match.   Therefore, upon taking the 6th plate, you will definitely have a match since the 6th plate will form at least a pair with the 1st 5   So 5+1= 
<gadget id="calculator">5+1</gadget>
<output>6</output>
6   Answer is 6
<result>E</result>
There are 2 white plates, 6 green plates, 8 red plates, 4 pink plates, and 10 purple plates in the cabinet. What is the least number of plates that you have to pull out to make sure that you will have a matching pair? (Assume that all the plates are identical except for the color)