An alphanumeric character is randomly picked from below quote by Lala Lajpat Rai "The shots that hi

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14 Aug 2018 Probability

An alphanumeric character is randomly picked from below quote by Lala Lajpat Rai
"The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of the British rule in India."

What is the probability that picked character is one of the following letters I or N or D or A?
Note: Alphanumeric character means alphabet or number. Space and other characters should be ignored.

OPtion

1) 18/60
2) 18/63
3) 17/65
4) 18/65
5) 17/66
6) 18/67
7) 3/11
8) 19/67
9) 18/64
10) None of these

Solution

Sentence = "The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of the British rule in India."


Total number of alphanumeric character in the sentence = 16
Total Number of I = 8, N = 4 or D= 1 or A=5
Total = 18

Probability = (18)/66 = 3/11
Option 7)

Correct Option: 7 Best Solution (0)