Question

The letter tiles W, I, S, D, O, M r placed on a box. Without looking, Abby picks a letter tile from da box. Wut is da probalilty dat da letter she picks is a vowel? Write ur answer in da simplest from of a fraction.

Answer 1

The letter tiles are W, I, S, D, O, M. Among these, the vowels are I and O.

To find the probability that Abby picks a vowel, we need to determine:

1. The total number of letter tiles.
2. The number of vowels among those tiles.

There are 6 tiles in total: W, I, S, D, O, M.

There are 2 vowels: I and O.

The probability \( P \) of picking a vowel is given by the formula:

\[
P(\text{vowel}) = \frac{\text{Number of vowels}}{\text{Total number of tiles}} = \frac{2}{6}
\]

Now, we simplify the fraction:

\[
\frac{2}{6} = \frac{1}{3}
\]

Thus, the probability that Abby picks a vowel is \( \frac{1}{3} \).