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by sanju09 » Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:24 am
I have an interesting case for all of you to deal with, at first sight, this is absolutely NOT a GMAT problem, but if I want to convert it to a hardly possible GMAT PS, then what special care in the answer choices must I take so that the remaining four incorrect choices can be easily deleted?

A bag contains n red balls, 2 n white balls, and 3 n black balls; all of same size. If the probability of randomly drawing n balls of same color from the bag is 1/6, then what is the least possible number of red balls in the bag?
(A) A
(B) B
(C) C
(D) D
(E) E

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by kstv » Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:49 am
How about n, 2n , 3n , 1 as options

I find this part confusing - If the probability of randomly drawing n balls of same color from the bag is 1/6
will it hold true for all values of n , should it not be 1/6^n
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by sanju09 » Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:59 am
kstv wrote:How about n, 2n , 3n , 1 as options

I find this part confusing - If the probability of randomly drawing n balls of same color from the bag is 1/6
will it hold true for all values of n , should it not be 1/6^n
I'm not sure how those options would work. I am looking for numbers to fill the options.

No, it's not true for all values of n, it's true for some very specific positive integers that form some sequence when arranged.
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