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(B) The word $POSSESSIVE$ contains the following letters: $P, O, S, S, E, S, S, I, V, E$.Total number of letters in the word = $10$.The letters are: $

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(B) The word $POSSESSIVE$ contains the following letters: $P, O, S, S, E, S, S, I, V, E$.Total number of letters in the word = $10$.The letters are: $P, O, S, S, E, S, S, I, V, E$.Number of times the letter $S$ appears in the word = $4$.The probability of choosing the letter $S$ is given by the ratio of the number of favorable outcomes to the total number of outcomes.Probability $P(S) = \frac{	ext{Number of } S}{	ext{Total number of letters}} = \frac{4}{10}$.

From the word $POSSESSIVE$, a letter is chosen at random. The probability of it being $S$ is:

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