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An urn contains three red balls and n white balls. Mr. A draws two balls together from the urn. The probability that they have the same color is `1//2.` Mr.B draws one ball from the urn, notes its color and rplaces it. He then draws a second ball from the urn and finds that both balls have the same color is `5//8.` The value of n is ____.

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