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Refer to Example 5, Section 14.4, Chapter 14. Find the probability that a student of the class was born in August.

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From the figure, we can see that number of students born in August is `6`.
So, the Probability of a student born in August, `P(E) = `Number of students born in August/Total number of students
`P(E) = 6/40 =3/20`
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