SOLUTION: Each of the letters in the word MONASTIC are on separate cards face down on the table. If you pick a card at random, what is the probability that the letter on it will fall within

Question 725870: Each of the letters in the word MONASTIC are on separate cards face down on the table. If you pick a card at random, what is the probability that the letter on it will fall within the range of "F" and "S" in the alphabet?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each of the letters in the word MONASTIC are on separate cards face down on the table. If you pick a card at random, what is the probability that the letter on it will fall within the range of "F" and "S" in the alphabet?
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Letters in that range: fghijklmnopqrs-------14
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Letters in MONASTIC that are in that range: monsic------6
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P(select letter in that range) = 6/14 = 3/7
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Stan H.
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