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A package of cups contain exactly 6 blue cups.The probability of choosing a blue cup from the package is 3/5.How many of the cups in the package are not blue?

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Answer:

There are 4.

Explanation:

If there are 6 blue cups, and the blue cups make up 3/5th of the total cups, you can divide 6 by 3/5 to find the total amount of cups, which is 10. Then, you do 10-6 to find how many cups in the package are not blue.

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