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the letters M I D D L E are placed in a bag if you picked a card and knew it was a vowel what is the probability that it is an E​

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The answer is 1/2. This is because while you originally had 6 letter options, you shortened the sample size to only 2 by you knowing it was only vowels. The only vowels here are I and E, thus making the probability 1 in 2, (1/2, or 1:2, however you’re being asked to write it)
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