The sample space of an experiment is S={a, b, c, d, e, f}

. What is the probability of picking a consonant? Write your answer in the simplest fraction form.(1 point)
Responses

32
Start Fraction 3 over 2 End Fraction

23
Start Fraction 2 over 3 End Fraction

13
Start Fraction 1 over 3 End Fraction

26

1 answer

In the sample space \( S = {a, b, c, d, e, f} \), the vowels are \( {a, e} \), while the consonants are \( {b, c, d, f} \).

There are 4 consonants (b, c, d, f) out of a total of 6 letters in the sample space.

To find the probability of picking a consonant, we can use the formula:

\[ P(\text{consonant}) = \frac{\text{Number of consonants}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}} = \frac{4}{6} = \frac{2}{3} \]

So the probability of picking a consonant is:

\[ \frac{2}{3} \]

Therefore, the correct answer is:

\(\frac{2}{3}\) (which corresponds to the third response).