Question

A letter is to be randomly picked from the word MISSISSIPPI. Which set of letters have equal chances to be selected?

Answer 1

Each letter in the word MISSISSIPPI appears a certain number of times:

- M appears once
- I appears four times
- S appears four times
- P appears twice

To determine which set of letters have equal chances to be selected, we need to look at their respective frequencies:

- Set A: M, I, S, P (one of each letter) - this set has the lowest frequency as it only includes one M and one P.
- Set B: I, S, S, P, P, I, S, S (two of each letter) - this set has the highest frequency as it includes the most number of letters.
- Set C: I, I, S, S, S, S, P, P (two S's, two P's, and two I's) - this set has the same number of letters as Set B, but with a different distribution.

Therefore, Set B and Set C have equal chances to be selected since they both have the same number of letters and the same distribution of letters.