Nathan has 102 solid-colored disks that are red.
blue, and green. he lines them up on the floor
and finds that there are 3 more red disks than blue
and 6 more blue disks than green. how many red
disks are there?

blue = 35

green = 29

red = 38

Step-by-step explanation:

Let r = red

Let g = green

let b = blue

r + g + b = 102

r = b + 3

b = g + 6    Subtract 6 from both sides of the equation

b - 6 = g

substitute for red and green

(b + 3) + b + b - 6 = 102

b + 3 + b + b - 6 = 102

Combine like terms

3b - 3 = 102

Add 3 to both sides

3b - 3 + 3 = 102 + 3

3b = 105

Divide by 3

3b/3 = 105/3

b = 35

r = b + 3

r = 35 + 3

r = 38

g = b - 6

g = 35 - 6

g = 29

85.560%

step-by-step explanation:

conditional probability is defined as:

p(a|b) = p(a∩b) / p(b)

in other words, the probability that a occurs, given that b has occurred = the probability that both a and b occur / the probability that b occurs.

in this example:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64 & turns 44) / p(turns 44).

if someone turns 64, they must have already turned 44, so:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = p(turns 64) / p(turns 44)

on page 42, we see that of the original 100,000, 94944 turn 44, and 81234 turn 64.   therefore:

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 81234 / 94944

p(turns 64 | turns 44) = 0.85560