A letter is to be picked at random from the English alphabet. If each letter is equally likely to be selected, what is the probability of selecting a consonant? Consonants are letters except for a, e, i, o, and u. Write your answer in the simplest form of fraction

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Answer 1

There are 21 consonants in the English alphabet.
Total number of letters in the English alphabet = 26

Therefore, the probability of selecting a consonant = 21/26 = 0.8077 = 80.77%