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Question
A letter is selected from the letters of the word FEBRUARY. The probability that it is a vowel is ______.
Options
`1/8`
`2/8`
`3/8`
`3/7`
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Solution
A letter is selected from the letters of the word FEBRUARY. The probability that it is a vowel is `underlinebb(3/8)`.
Explanation:
FEBRUARY has 8 letters (F, E, B, R, U, A, R, Y).
The vowels among these are E, U, A, 3 favourable letters.
By the classical probability formula
`P = "Number of favourable outcomes"/"Total number of outcomes"`
`P = 3/8`
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