What is the probability of randomly choosing a consonant in the letters abcde
a. 2 out of the 6 letters are vowels, so the probability that the first letter chosen will be a vowel is 1/3. Show
b. same idea as a. c. since you have three letters without repetition, and only two vowels, the probability is 0. d. There are 6!/3! (or 6P3) possible strings. Out of those only 4P3 consist of only consonants. So the probability should be 4P3/6P3 In the word ALGEBRA (7 letters) there are 4 consonants, then the probability of selecting first 1 consonant and then another 1 is the product of single probabilities, but, before the second selection, the number of letters is 6 and the number of consonants is 3, then: 1)#p=4/7*3/6=2/7# 2) There are 3 vowels, then if I wish to select first a vowel and then a consonant, #p=3/7*4/6=2/7# 3) There are 3 vowels and 7 letters at the first selection, but 2 vowels and 6 letters at the second one, then #p=3/7*2/6=1/7# Answer link Related questions
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