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A bag contains 450 blue and yellow marbles. The probability of drawing a yellow marble is 46%. How many blue marbles are in the bag?

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There are 243 blue marbles in the bag and 207 yellow marbles in the bag
User Akash Agarwal
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if you multiply 450 with .46 you get 207. subtract that by 450 and you get 243 blue marbles.

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