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A box contains 36 balls all of the same size and shape, if y of the balls are red, 19 are white and the rest...

A box contains 36 balls all of the same size and shape, if y of the balls are red, 19 are white and the rest are blue. A ball is picked from the box at random. If the probability that this ball is red is 1/3 Find
(a)The value of y
(b)The probability that the ball picked is blue.

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Kavungya answered the question on September 23, 2019 at 13:12

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