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A jar contains 40 marbles. Some are red and the other are green. The probability of drawing a green ball is `(2)/(5).` Find the number of red balls in the jar.

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24 red balls.
Let the number of green balls be x.
From the probability of green ball, find x.
Find the number of red balls by substracting the value of x from 40.
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