A box contains ten cards labeled J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, and S. One card will be randomly chosen.
What is the probability of choosing a letter from N to Q?
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.
There are four cards labeled N, O, P, and Q. So, out of the ten cards in the box, four are labeled from N to Q. Therefore, the probability of choosing a letter from N to Q is $\dfrac{4}{10} = \boxed{\dfrac{2}{5}}.$
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There are 4 cards labeled N, O, P, and Q. Out of the total of 10 cards, we want to find the probability of choosing one of these 4 cards.
Therefore, the probability of choosing a letter from N to Q is $\frac{4}{10}$. This fraction can be simplified further by dividing both numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 2.
Thus, the probability can be written in simplest form as $\boxed{\frac{2}{5}}$.
To find the probability of choosing a letter from N to Q, we need to determine the number of favorable outcomes (letters from N to Q) and the number of total possible outcomes (all the letters in the box).
There are 4 letters from N to Q (N, O, P, Q).
There are a total of 10 letters in the box.
Therefore, the probability of choosing a letter from N to Q is 4/10, which can be simplified to 2/5.