SOLUTION: The letters C, L, A, S, S, R, O, O, M are each written on a card and placed in a bag. Without looking, one card is selected from the bag. What is the probability the card shows the

SOLUTION: The letters C, L, A, S, S, R, O, O, M are each written on a card and placed in a bag. Without looking, one card is selected from the bag. What is the probability the card shows the

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Question 1081735: The letters C, L, A, S, S, R, O, O, M are each written on a card and placed in a bag. Without looking, one card is selected from the bag. What is the probability the card shows the letter S or O?

Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There are 9 letters in all, and we're interested in 4 of them (two O's and two S's):
P(S or O drawn from bag) = or about 0.44444.

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