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the letters that spell mississippi are each written on separate tiles lying facedown on a table. a tile is selected at random, the letter is recorded, and then the tile is placed facedown on the table. then the process repeats.

what is the theoretical probability of choosing a tile with the letter p?

211

411

14

111

answer: the answer is one of

step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following

well we know there are 4 clubs in 52 cards so it’s replaced so it should be 3/51

step-by-step explanation:

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