Question

you mix the letters S,E,M,I,T,R,O,P,I,C,A and L throughly. without looking you draw, one letter, find the probability that you were select a vowel write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

There are 11 letters in total. Out of those, 4 are vowels (E, I, O, A) and 7 are consonants (S, M, T, R, P, C, L).

So the probability of selecting a vowel is:

4/11

Therefore, the answer is 4/11.