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PLEASE HELPPP!! A box contains only black and white chips There are 8 black chips and 6 white chips How many white chips must be removed so that the possibility if random picking a black chip becomes 2/3?
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PLEASE HELPPP!! A box contains only black and white chips There are 8 black chips and 6 white chips How many white chips must be removed so that the possibility if random picking a black chip becomes 2/3?

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lets take away 2 white chips...

8 black and 4 white...total of 12 chips
P(black) = 8/12 = 2/3

remove 2 white chips <==
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