A letter chosen from the word B O U G A I N V I L L E A randomly. what is the probability that letter is
a. a constant?
b. not a letter I?
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A letter chosen from the word B O U G A I N V I L L E A randomly. what is the probability that letter is
a. a constant?
b. not a letter I?
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Question:
A letter chosen from the word B O U G A I N V I L L E A randomly. what is the probability that letter is,
a. a consonant?
b. not a letter I?
Answer:
Solution:
Formula for Probability is shown below,
So let's answer question for letter a,
The word BOUGAINVILLEA has 13 Letters
so our Total Outcome (TO) = 13
The word BOUGAINVILLEA has the following 6 consonant letters,
B, G, N, V, L, L,
so our Favored Outcome (FO) = 6
Solving for the Probability that it will be a consonant,