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The probability of selecting a blue marble at random from a jar that contains only blue, black and green marbles is 1/5 . The probability of selecting a black marble at random from the same jar is 1/4 . If the jar contains 11 green marbles, find the total number of marbles in the jar.

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      P(blue marble) = 1/5
      P(black marble) = 1/4
      ∴ P(green marble) = 1 – ( (1/5) + (1/4))

      = 11/20
      Let total number of marbles be X
      then,

      (11/20) × X = 11

      X = 20

       

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