SOLUTION: a bag contains 5 green, 3 red, 2 orange and 6 yellow skittles. how many green skittles must be added to the bag so that the probability of randomly picking a green skittle is 2/3 e
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Question 258495: a bag contains 5 green, 3 red, 2 orange and 6 yellow skittles. how many green skittles must be added to the bag so that the probability of randomly picking a green skittle is 2/3 explain.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is a total of 16 skittles
5/16 are green
Let x=how many green must be added.
(x+5)/(x+16)=2/3
3(x+5)=2(x+16) multiply each side by 3(x+16)
3x+15=2x+32
x=17
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Ed
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