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, u. Write your answer in the simplest form of fraction.

Answer 1

There are 21 consonants in the English alphabet (excluding a, e, i, o, u) and there are a total of 26 letters in the alphabet.

Therefore, the probability of selecting a consonant is 21/26, which simplifies to 3/4.

So, the probability of selecting a consonant is 3/4.