You place the letters for the word smart in a bag. What is the probability of choosing a letter that is not a vowel? (Remember, vowels are A, E, I, O, and U.)
A. 0.2
B. StartFraction 1 over 5 EndFraction
C. 80%
D. 0.75.
The letters in the word "smart" are S, M, A, R, and T.
Of these letters, only "A" is a vowel. Therefore, there are 4 out of 5 letters that are not vowels.
The probability of choosing a letter that is not a vowel is therefore 4/5 or 0.8.
The answer is C. 80%.
To calculate the probability of choosing a letter that is not a vowel, we need to know the total number of letters in the bag and the number of letters that are not vowels.
The word "smart" has 5 letters. Of these, the vowels are A and there are none in the word, so we can determine that all 5 letters are not vowels.
Therefore, the probability of choosing a letter that is not a vowel is 100% or option C: 80%.