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A single letter is selected at random from the word ‘PROBABILITY’. The probability that it is a vowel is

Total number of alphabet in the word probability = 11

Number of vowels in word Probability = 4 i.e. (O, A, I, I)



∴P(letter is vowel)


Hence, the correct option is (B).

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