imagine that you write each letter of the word california on individual cards. you shuffle them, turn them facedown on a table,

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and trn over the top card. what is the probability of turning over an A?

2 answers:

Rus_ich [418] · Answer 1 · 2023-05-17T16:23:07+03:00

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Answer:

20% or 2/10

Step-by-step explanation:

10 letters in california, and two of them are a

Crazy boy [7] · Answer 2 · 2023-05-17T18:34:03+03:00

Answer:

Let's find how many letters California has first, c-a-l-i-f-o-r-n-i-a has 10 letters.

Now let's find how many letter A's are in the word California, California has two a's in the word.

So there are 2 cards out of 10 that could possibly be selected as the letter A.

Your probability is:-

2/10 which simplifies to 1/5, if you wanted to make this a percentage as well;

1/5 * x/100

solve for x;

20%