A bag contains n counters. One counter is blue and the rest are red.
Two counters are taken at random from the bag.
a) Express, in terms of n, the probability that a counter of each colour is taken.
Give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
b) The probability that a counter of each colour is taken is 0.125
How many red counters are in the bag?

x= -3 and

step-by-step explanation:

to find the roots of a cubic, use division or factoring to find the factors then set equal to 0. as this is a difference of cubes, it factors into

where a is the cube root of .

here   this is 27 and the cube root of 27 is 3. so we write using the form:

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set each factor to 0 and solve for x.

x-3=0

x=3

the quadratic expression does not factor and must be solved using the quadratic formula.

where a = 1, b=3, and c=9

this cubic has two complex roots.

-12 > a

step-by-step explanation:

-11 > 1 + a

subtract 1 from each side

-11-1 > 1-1+a

-12 > a

step-by-step explanation:

divide the numbers

step-by-step explanation: