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Question 6Aim for about 35 seconds
How many different letters appear only once in the word TOMORROW?
Show the worked answer
Answer: A, 3
How to work it out
O and R appear more than once.
The letters used only once are T, M, W: 3 of them.
Why the other options are wrong
B (5): 5 is the number of different letters, including the ones used more than once.
C (8): 8 is the number of letters in the word.
D (4): This counts one letter that appears more than once.
E (2): This misses one letter that appears only once.
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