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

Answer 1

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, and 21 of them are consonants (B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z).

Therefore, the probability of selecting a consonant at random is 21/26 or approximately 0.81.