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Question 62
The letters were written on paper slips of the word MEDIAN and put in a bag.
If one slip is drawn randomly, what is the probability that it bears the letter D?

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Solution

In the word 'MEDIAN', there is only one D.
So, favourable outcomes = number of letter D = 1
Total number of possible outcomes = 6
$∴ P r o b a b i l i t y = \frac{F a v o u r a b l e o u t c o m e s}{T o t a l n u m b e r o f p o s s i b l e o u t c o m e s} = \frac{1}{6}$

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