SOLUTION: Jamal has a game with 2 groups of tiles. The first group of 26 tiles is labeled with all the letters of the alphabet. The second group of 10 tiles is numberd 0 through 9. If Jamal

Algebra.Com
Question 371852: Jamal has a game with 2 groups of tiles. The first group of 26 tiles is labeled with all the letters of the alphabet. The second group of 10 tiles is numberd 0 through 9. If Jamal draws 1 letter tile and 1 number tile, what is the probability that he will draw a letter in his name and an odd number?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The probability that he'll draw one of these: 

J,A,M,L 

out of these 

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z 

is 4 ways out of 26 or a probability of 4/26 or 2/13

[Notice that just because there are two A's in his name, that does not 
change the probability that he will draw an A].

The probability that he'll draw one of these: 

1,3,5,7,9 

out of these 

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 

is 5 ways out of 10 or a probability of 5/10 or 1/2

So

P(drawing one of 4 letters AND drawing an odd numnber) =

P(drawing one of 4 letters) TIMES P(drawing an odd number) =

(2/13)(1/2) = 1/13

Edwin
RELATED QUESTIONS

Twenty-six tiles with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet printed on them are placed... (answered by Positive_EV)
Tiles with each of the 26 letters of the alphabet printed on them are placed in a box. If (answered by stanbon)
Natalie has a box containing 26 tiles, each with a different letter of the alphabet. She... (answered by Theo)
A jar of alphabet tiles contains 10 unique consonant tiles and 5 unique vowel tiles. If... (answered by mathmate)
The 26 letters of the alphabet are written on tiles and placed in a bag. one tile is... (answered by Edwin McCravy)
A certain game has two stacks of 30 tiles with pictures on them.In the first stack of... (answered by stanbon)
maggie has lots of tiles all in the shape of regular polygons the edges of the tiles have (answered by KMST)
A certain game has two stacks of 30 tiles with pictures on them. In the first stack of... (answered by stanbon)
A bag contains 26 tiles with a letter on each, one tile for each letter of the alphabet.... (answered by math_helper)