Justin writes the letters I-L-L-I-N-O-I-S on cards and then placed them in a hat. What is the probrability of picking an L.

1/8
1/4
1/6
2/7*my answer
At first i thought/8 but thats not a choice

3 answers

At first I thought 2/8 but that's not a chioce
There are a total of 8 letters.

2 are the letters L.

Probability of picking an L = 2 / 8 = 2 ∙ 1 / 2 ∙ 4 = 1 / 4
Oh ok.i get it thanks