document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=128036>Question 128036</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013113941x/algebrahomeworkh>Fundamentals of Mathematics</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each individual letter of the word probability is typed on a separate identical slip of paper; all 11 pieces of paper are placed in a bowl and the pieces of paper are mixed. If one letter is chosen at random, find the probability that the letter chosen is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.  a t\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.  a vowel\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.  not a vowel\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d.  a b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e.  a b or an i\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f.  neither a b nor an i </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a. a t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(t) = 1/11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. a vowel <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(vowel) = 4/11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. not a vowel <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(not vowel) = 7/11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d. a b <BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(b) = 2/11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e. a b or an i<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(b or i) = 2/11 + 2/11 = 4/11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "f. neither a b nor an i<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P(not b and not i) = 7/11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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