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Jack has written the name of each planet of the solar system on a separate piece of paper and has placed all these pieces of paper in a bag. The names he included are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

If he picks a piece of paper at random from the bag, what is the probability that the name of the planet written on it contains at least 6 letters?

Chocies to choose below (pick a answer)
3/4
3/5
1/2
5/8

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I would say 5/8 because there 5 planets that at least have a 6 or more letters in the planets name and there are 8 planets
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User AgBorkowski
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Answer: The answer is 5/8 :))

Step-by-step explanation: 5 planets have at least 6 letters or more in their names, which makes, 5/8 ,there are 8 planets in total, so it makes it reasonable.

Also, I just done this question on Study Island.

Hope this helps!

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User Allen Zhu
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