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Each of the letters in the word PLOTTING are on separate cards, face down on the table. If you pick

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Each of the letters in the word PLOTTING are on separate cards, face down on the table. If you pick a card at random, what is the probability that its letter will be T or G?

PLOTTING has to 8 letters. It has 2 T'sand 1 G, so we have:
P(T or G) = P(T) + P(G)
P(T or G) = 2/8 + 1/8
P(T or G) = 3/8
 
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