Grace has 17 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 9 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color?\nOptions:\n(A) 4\n(B) 8\n(C) 12\n(D) 14\n(E) 16
Let’s work this out in a step by step way to be sure we have the right answer.
(D)
The worst scenario is when she takes 9 red and 4 green, total of 13 jellybeans, and still doesn't have 3 distinct colors.

But the next draw (14th) will surely be the third color jellybean (blue) as there is no other color jellybeans left in pocket.

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Thus, the answer is (D)