Question

Each card bears one letter from the word ‘mathematics’. The cards are placed on a table upside down. Find the probability that a card drawn bears the letter ‘m’. Select the correct answer from above options

Answer 1

Sample space = {m, a, t, h, e, m, a, t, i, c, s} ∴ n(S) = 11 Let A be the event that the card drawn bears the letter ‘m’ ∴ A = {m, m} ∴ n(A) = 2 ∴ The probability that a card drawn bears letter ‘m’ is 2/11.