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Each card bears one letter from the word 'mathematics'. The cards are placed on a table upide down. Find the probability that a card drawn bears the letter 'm'.

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The probability that a card drawn bears letter 'm' is `(2)/(11).`
Here, S= {m,a,t,h,e,m,a,t,I,c,s}.
`thereforen(S)=11.`
Let A be the event that the card drawn bears the letter m.
`ThenA={m,m}" "thereforen(A)=2`
`P(A)=(n(A))/(n(S))=(2)/(11).`
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