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A container holds A orange balls and 8 brown balls. If two balls are picked randomly without replacement, and the probability of both being orange is 1/3, find the value of
A container holds A orange balls and 8 brown balls. If two balls are picked randomly without replacement, and the probability of both being orange is 1/3, find the value of
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