document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252107>Question 252107</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A box contains fewer than 50 marbles. Each marble is either red or white. The probability of randomly choosing a red marble is 2/5. What is the largest number of white marbles that could be in the box?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A 18  b 27 c 31 d 45 e 49 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "since the prob. of choosing a red marble is 2/5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if there are are 20 red marbles then there should be 50 marbles overall.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but they should be less than 50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so if there are 19 red then there should be 47.5(for 2/5 prob) marbles which is not possible as it is not an whole number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so if there are 18 marbles then there will be 45 marbles overall and the no of white marbles will be 27 which is the maximum possible. </SPAN>\n" );
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