Question

Which event is most likely to happen? (1 point)

randomly picking a consonant from the English alphabet

O randomly picking a vowel letter from the English alphabet

O getting a head from a single toss of a fair coin

O
getting a 6 when rolling a single dice once

O

Answer 1

Randomly picking a consonant.

There are 26 letters, 5 vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 21 consonants, so P(consonant) = 21/26 ≈ 0.808. This is larger than P(head) = 1/2 = 0.5, P(vowel) = 5/26 ≈ 0.192, and P(6 on a die) = 1/6 ≈ 0.167.