document.write( "Question 317178: There are g green marbles, r red marbles, and b blue marbles in a bag, and the chance of draawing a blue marble is 2/5. If w white marbles are added to the bag, the chance of drawing a blue marble becomes 1/4. What is the ratio of white marbles to blue marbles in the final bag? \n" ); document.write( "
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1.\"b%2F%28g%2Br%2Bb%29=2%2F5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "2.\"b%2F%28g%2Br%2Bb%2Bw%29=1%2F4\"
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\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"2g%2B2r%2B2b=5b\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2g%2B2r=3b\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%282%28g%2Br%29%29=3b\"
\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( "\"g%2Br%2Bb%2Bw=4b\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"g%2Br%2Bw=3b\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight_green%282%28g%2Br%29%29%2B2w=6b\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute from above,
\n" ); document.write( "\"3b%2B2w=6b\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2w=3b\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28w%2Fb=3%2F2%29\"
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