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Algebra.Com's Answer #733309 by math_helper(2461)\"\" \"About 
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Since there is only one blue one:
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "= \"+1+-+%28%28n-1%29%2F%28n%2B1%29%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "= \"++%28n%2B1%29%2F%28n%2B1%29+-+%28n-1%29%2F%28n%2B1%29+\"
\n" ); document.write( "= \"+highlight%28+2%2F%28n%2B1%29+%29+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So, to sanity check this:
\n" ); document.write( "Say n=1: P(1 blue and 1 red) = 2/(1+1) = 1 (ok, we must get one of each)
\n" ); document.write( "If n=2: P(1 blue and 1 red) = 2/(2+1) = 2/3 (ok, b/c 1/3 of the time you'd expect two reds)
\n" ); document.write( "If n=100: P(1 blue and 1 red) = 2/(100+1) = 2/101 (seems ok, very unlikely to happen given all those reds, much more likely to get two reds)
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To do part(b), set the equation above equal to 0.125 (= 1/8) then solve that equation for n. \r
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