A bag contains 6 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is twice that of drawing a red ball, then find the number of blue balls in the bag.
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Solution
Let the number of blue balls =x∴ total number of balls =(6+x) P(drawing a red ball)=66+x∴P(drawing a blue ball)=(x6+x)∴x6+x=2(66+x)