Probability Basics Practice
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Question
A letter is to be picked at random from the English alphabet. If each letter is equally likely to be selected, what is the probability of selecting a consonant? Consonants are letters except for a, e, i, o, and u. Write your answer in the simplest form of fraction.(1 point)
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The total number of letters in the English alphabet is 26. Out of these, there are 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u) which are not consonants. Therefore, the number of consonants is 26 - 5 = 21.
The probability of selecting a consonant is the number of favorable outcomes (21) divided by the total number of outcomes (26), which is 21/26. This fraction cannot be simplified further.
Therefore, the probability of selecting a consonant is 21/26.