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Imagine that you write each letter of the word great on individual cards.You shuffle them, turn them facedown on a table, and turn over the top card. what is the probability of turning over a vowel

User Tim Kryger
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the vowels are e and a, so there is two vowels

the word great has 5 letter.

The chance is
2
-- or 2/5
5

or
40%
User Thomas Vos
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It's a 5/26 chance that you will turn over a vowel.                                         
User Isa Hekmat
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