Each letter of the alphabet is a written on a separate piece of paper and placed in a box. Find the probability of a drawing a vowel a,e,i,o,u or a letter in the word sum.

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There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, so there are 26 pieces of paper in the box.

The possible successful draws are the letters a,e,i,o,u, and s,(u) and m for a total of 7 letters, excluding y which is a semi-vowel.

What is the probability of drawing one of the 7 letters from 26?