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A bag contains 5 red balls and some blue balls. If the probability of drawing a blue ball is double that of a red ball, determine the number of blue balls in the bag.

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OSWAAL PUBLICATION-PROBABILITY -TEXTBOOK CORNER (EXERCISE 14.1)
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