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document.write( "a)	it is red<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b)	it is not black<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c)	it is purple or white<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First find the probability that it is black,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the probability that it is not black is the complement,<BR>\n" );
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