CBSE Class 10 Maths (Standard) 2017 · Paper 30/3 · Question 12
A bag contains 15 white and some black balls. If the probability of drawing a black ball from the bag is thrice that of drawing a white ball, find the number of black balls in the bag.
Answer
There are black balls in the bag.
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