SOLUTION: A letter is known to have come from London or Clifton. On the postmark, only consecutive letters "on" are legible. The probability that it came from London is ?

Question 480549: A letter is known to have come from London or Clifton. On the postmark, only consecutive letters "on" are legible. The probability that it came from London is ?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A letter is known to have come from London or Clifton. On the postmark, only consecutive letters "on" are legible. The probability that it came from London is ?

The possibilities are London, London, and Clifton,

So the probability that it came from London is 2 possibilities out of 3
and that is the fraction .

Edwin

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