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?

Me with this assignment ! i only partially understand, so explain. also it's a work sample. at the championship bike race, steve and paula were fighting for first place. steve was 175 feet ahead of paula and had only 300 feet left to go. he was very tired and was going only 9 feet per second. paula was desperate to catch up and was going 15 feet per second. who won the bike race and by how far did she/he win?