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Sixteen cards are labeled as a, b, c, ……………. m, n, o, p. They are put in a box and shuffled. A boy is asked to draw a card from the box. What is the probability that the card drawn is:
a vowel
Topic: Probability
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Answer
Exam answer
Total cards = 16. Vowels among a to p: a, e, i, o = 4.
Probability = 4/16 = 1/4.
Answer: 1/4.
Explanation
There are four vowels among the sixteen letters a to p.
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