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,