Each of letters in the word PROPER 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 P or R?
PROPER has 6 letters in it. It has 2 P's and 2 R's. So we have:
Pr(P or R) = Pr(P) + Pr(R)
Pr(P or R) = 2/6 + 2/6
Pr(P or R) = 4/6
We can simplify this. So we type this fraction in our search engine, choose simplify, and we get:
Pr(P or R) = 2/3
PROPER has 6 letters in it. It has 2 P's and 2 R's. So we have:
Pr(P or R) = Pr(P) + Pr(R)
Pr(P or R) = 2/6 + 2/6
Pr(P or R) = 4/6
We can simplify this. So we type this fraction in our search engine, choose simplify, and we get:
Pr(P or R) = 2/3