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A letter is takenout at random from 'ASSISTANT' and another is taken out from 'STATISTICS'. The probability that they are the same letter is :

A) 35/96	B) 19/90
C) 19/96	D) None of these

Answer: B) 19/90

Explanation:

$A S S I S T A N T \to A A I N S S S T T$

$S T A T I S T I C S \to A C I I S S S T T T$

Here N and C are not common and same letters can be A, I, S, T. Therefore

Probability of choosing A = $\frac{2_{C_{1}}}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{1_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/45

Probability of choosing I = $\frac{1}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{2_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/45

Probability of choosing S = $\frac{3_{C_{1}}}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{3_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/10

Probability of choosing T = $\frac{2_{C_{1}}}{9_{C_{1}}} \times \frac{3_{C_{1}}}{10_{C_{1}}}$ = 1/15

Hence, Required probability = $\frac{1}{45} + \frac{1}{45} + \frac{1}{10} + \frac{1}{15} = \frac{19}{90}$

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