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A bag holds 1 blue block and 3 yellow blocks. How many green blocks should be added to the bag to make the probability of randomly selecting a green block from the bag equal to 1/2 ?

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[tex]n[/tex] - the number of green blocks which is equal to the number of favourable events
[tex]1+3+n=4n[/tex] - the number of all blocks, which is equal to the number of all possible outcomes

[tex]P(A)=\dfrac{n}{4+n}=\dfrac{1}{2}\\ 1\cdot( 4+n)=2\cdot n\\ 4+n=2n\\ 2n-n=4\\ n=4 [/tex]

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ITS 4

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