Red balls

The bag has three red, 12 blue, and eight green balls. If we want the probability of pulling out the red balls to be 20%, how many red balls must we add to the bag?

Correct answer:

n =  2

Step-by-step explanation:

r=20%=10020=51=0.2  (n+3) / (3+12+8+n)  = r  (n+3)=r (3+12+8+n) (n+3)=0.2 (3+12+8+n)  0.8n=1.6  n=0.81.6=2  n=2



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