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This bag had 35 green, some black and 3 red marbles. Reaching blindfolded, the probability of picking a red is 1/23. How many black marbles are there.
14 years ago

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drwls
let B = the number of black marbles.

probability of drawing red:
3/(35 + 3 + B) = 1/23

3/(38 +B) = 1/23
69 = 38 + B

B = 31
14 years ago

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