Based on the information given, Frank drew a vowel 21 times out of 50 draws, which means he drew a consonant 29 times out of 50 draws.
Therefore, the ratio of vowels to consonants in the box is 21:29.
If he draws a total of 50 tiles out of 1,000, we can use this ratio to predict how many tiles out of 1,000 would be consonants:
29/50 = x/1000
Cross multiplying, we get:
50x = 29 * 1000
50x = 29000
x = 29000 / 50
x = 580
Therefore, we would predict that out of 1,000 tiles in the box, 580 tiles would be consonants.
Frank has a box of tiles withletters on them. He draws a tile, records if its a vowel or a consonant and puts it back. He repeats this 50 times. He gets a vowel 21 times and a consonant the rest of the times. If the bag has 1,000 tiles, how many tiles would you predict have a consonant?
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