A letter is 2 b picked @ random from da English alphabet. If each letter is equally likely 2 b selected, wut is da proballitly of selecting a consonant? Consonants r letters except 4 a,e,i,o, and u. wirte ur answer in da simplest form of fraction

Answer 1

The English alphabet has a total of 26 letters. The vowels are: A, E, I, O, U, which gives us 5 vowels in total.

To find the number of consonants, we subtract the number of vowels from the total number of letters:

Total letters = 26
Vowels = 5
Consonants = 26 - 5 = 21

The probability of selecting a consonant is the number of consonants divided by the total number of letters:

\[ \text{Probability of selecting a consonant} = \frac{\text{Number of consonants}}{\text{Total letters}} = \frac{21}{26} \]

Thus, the probability of selecting a consonant is \(\frac{21}{26}\).