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10 January, 17:23

Hannah has 6 orange sweets and some yellow sweets. Overall, she has n sweets. The probability of her taking 2 orange sweets is 1/3. Prove that: n^2-n-90=0

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  1. 10 January, 17:47
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    The probability of her taking first orange sweet is 6/n. The probability of her taking second orange sweet is 5 / (n-1). So the probability of taking 2 orange sweets is (6/n) * [5 / (n-1) ]=1/3. Deformation this equation, we can get that n^2-n-90=0.
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