What is the least number of attempts to make the flashlight work?

Question

You are camping at night and are about to go out for a walk.

You have a flashlight with no batteries in it.

You realize you are carrying 8 batteries out of which only 4 are charged batteries and the other 4 are uncharged.

The flashlight needs 2 charged batteries to work.

You do not know which batteries are charged and which ones are not.

What is the least number of attempts to make the flashlight work?

(An attempt consists of putting two batteries in the flashlight and checking if the flashlight works or not.)

Answer 1

Min 1, max 7 attempts

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Least number is one- if you are lucky you can get it work
Maximum number is 7- you need to group batteries in 3/3/2, at least one group will have 2 working batteries. With group of 3 you have 2 attempts, with group of 2- only one so maximum number of attempts is 3+3+1=7