Question

A jar contains 24 marbles. Some are green and others are blue. If a marble is drawn at random
from the jar, the probability of it being green is 2/3.Find the number of blue marbles in the jar
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Answer 1

Total number of marbles =24

Let there be x green marbles and (24−x) blue marbles.

P(green) =

24

x

=

3

2

Solving, we get x as 16.

So, the number of green marbles =16 and blue marbles =24−16=8 marbles.

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