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Can someone explain the elimination method to me for this problem?

Abby is preparing fruit punch for her party. she starts with a bowl filled with liquid that has 1/2 fruit juice and 1/2 sprite, but she decides it's too fruity. so she pours out 1/4 of the liquid, and then fills the bowl up again with sprite. what fraction of the punch is now sprite?

Ajar contains a mixture of 20 black marbles, 16 red marbles, and 4 white marbles, all the same size. find the probability of drawing a white or red marble on the first draw. 125 12 01 next question ask for turn it in