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Thirty airmail and 40 ordinary envelops are the only envelop in a bag. Thirty-five envelops in the bag are unstamped, and \(\frac{5}{7}\) of the unstamped envelops are airmail. What is the probability that an envelope picked randomly from the bag is an unstamped airmail envelope?

(A) \(\frac{1}{7}\)

(B) \(\frac{1}{3}\)

(C) \(\frac{13}{35}\)

(D) \(\frac{17}{38}\)

(E) \(\frac{23}{70}\)

We have 30 airmail and 40 originary envelopes for a total of 70 envelopes.

Since 5/7 of the 35 unstamped envelopes are airmail, 5/7 x 35 = 25 envelopes are unstamped airmail.

So the probability of selecting an unstamped airmail envelope is 25/70 = 5/14 (not in the answer choices)
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as the experts did, I calculated \(\frac{5}{14}\) as the correct answer. However, this isn't an answer choice. Could you please update the answer choices or show us whether we committed a mistake?
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