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 only vowel in the word "smart" is "a", so there are 4 letters that are not vowels.
Therefore, the probability of choosing a letter that is not a vowel is 4 out of 5 (since there are 5 letters in total), which can be written as StartFraction 4 over 5 EndFraction.
So the answer is not any of the given choices, but rather StartFraction 4 over 5 EndFraction.
The word "smart" consists of five letters. To find the probability of choosing a letter that is not a vowel, we need to determine the number of non-vowel letters in the word and divide it by the total number of letters.
The word "smart" has four letters that are not vowels: S, M, R, and T. There are a total of five letters in the word.
Therefore, the probability of choosing a letter that is not a vowel is 4/5.
The correct answer is B. StartFraction 1 over 5 EndFraction.