From a bag containing 12 identical blue balls, y identical yellow balls, and no other balls, one ball will be removed at random. If the probability is less than 2/5 that the removed ball will be blue, what is the least number of yellow balls that must be in the bag?
1) 17
2) 18
c) 19
D) 20
E)21
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2009-06-21 10:04 pm
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2009-06-21 10:14 pm
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C. 192009-06-21 14:14:49 補充：
If the probability is less than 2/5 that the removed ball will be blue
∴12/(y+12)<2/5
60<2(y+12)
30<y+12
y>18
∴ the least number of yellow balls=19
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