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The letters in the word JANUARY were put in a bag and drawn randomly. What is the probability of picking an a?

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2/7

there are 7 letters in jAnuAry and as you can see there are 2 A's so there is a 2/7 chance which is higher of a chance than the rest of the letters which are 1/7 each so it is most likely you would draw A although I can't fully say that because there is a 5/7 chance of drawing the other letters. Another way to say it is there is a 0.28571428571% chance of drawing A but there is a 0.71428571428% chance of drawing any other letter.

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User BytesGuy
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Answer: 2/7

Explanation:

There are 7 letters in January, and 2 "a"s in order to find the probability, simply take 2/7. You can either leave it in the fraction form, or use the calculator, showing you have a 0.2857% chance of picking an "a"

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