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Q.

A letter of the English alphabet is chosen at random. Determine the probability that the letter is a consonant.


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a

21 26  

b

1 26  

c

2 3  

d

4 3   

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

Given, a letter of the English alphabet is chosen at random.
Probability is the favourable outcome from a number of events.
In English alphabets, there are 5 vowels and 21 consonants.
Total number of alphabets =26   Number of consonants =21   Total number of outcome =26   Favourable outcome =21   Probability = favourable outcome total no of outcom = 21 26  
The probability that the letter is a consonant is 21 26   .
Hence, the correct option is 1.
 
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