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 that it is green is `2/3` Find the number of blue balls in the jar.

Answer 1

Total number of marbles = 24

Let the number of green marbles = x

Number of blue marbles = 24 – x

P(green marbles) = `x/24`

According to Question,

`x/24=2/3`

x = 16

Total number of green marbles = 16

Total number of blue marbles = 24 – 16 = 8