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If Zoey has a bag of marbles containing 18 red marbles, how many blue marbles should she add to the bag so that the probability of her drawing a blue marble from the bag is 1/4?

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We would have to add enough blue marbles so that the red marbles are equal to 3/4 of the marbles in the bag. So we divide 18 by 3 which is 6. 6 is how many blue marbles we need to add to the bag. I hope this makes sense, let me know if you still need help!
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