document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=837681>Question 837681</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help!? I am only in Grade 5 and I don't understand this!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A box contains the letters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M A S S A C H U S E T T S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Without looking in the box how many letters do you need to pick from the box to be certain you can make the word SAT?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #504707 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=504707\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the word is MASSACHUSETTS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there are 4 letter S and 2 letter A and 2 letter T in the word.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you only need 1 or each to form the word SAT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there are 13 letters total in the word MASSACHUSETTS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you pick all 13 letters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are you guaranteed that, out of the 13 letters that you picked, you can form the word SAT?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer is yes because you have all the letters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in fact, you have 4 letter S and 2 letter A and 2 letter T.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you have more than enough to form the word SAT.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now let's say you pick 12 letters and leave 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are you guaranteed that, out of the 12 letters that you picked, you can form the word SAT?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer is yes again because, even if the letter that you didn't pick was the letter T, you still have enough to form the word SAT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you would have picked 4 letter S and 2 letter A and 1 letter T.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that's still enough to form the word SAT out of the letters that you picked.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now let's say you pick 11 letters and leave 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "are you guaranteed that, out of the 12 letters that you picked, you can form the word SAT?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the answer is no because, assuming the 2 letters that you didn't pick up were the letter T, then you would have picked up 4 letter S and 2 letter A but no letter T which is not enough to form the word SAT since SAT requires a T that you didn't pick up.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, in order to be guaranteed (100% certain) that you can form the word SAT from the letters that you picked up, you have to pick 12 letters.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "picking less than 12 letters will not guarantee that you can form the word SAT because the 2 letters that you didn't pick up could both be a T or both be an S which would not leave you with enough letters to form the word SAT.\r<BR>\n" );
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