An alphanumeric character is randomly selected from following sentence: "Do not linger to gather fl

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18 May 2018 Probability

An alphanumeric character is randomly selected from following sentence:
"Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them,

but walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way."

What is the probability that its an vowel or letter T?
Note: Alphanumeric character means alphabet or number. Space and other characters should be ignored.

OPtion

1) 37/91
2) 37/90
3) 38/91
4) 38/90
5) 40/91
6) 4/9
7) 41/91
8) 3/7
9) 36/91
10) None of these

Solution

Sentence = Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them,

but walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way.


Total number of alphanumeric character in the sentence = 91
Total Number of vowels = 32

And Total number of Ts = 7

Probability = (32+7)/91 = 39/91 = 3/7

Option 8)

Correct Option: 8 Best Solution (0)