A letter is chosen at random from the word ‘ASSASSINATION’. Find the probability that letter is

Question

A letter is chosen at random from the word ‘ASSASSINATION’. Find the probability that letter is (i) a vowel (ii) a consonant

Philoid · Accepted Answer

There are 13 letters in the word ‘ASSASSINATION’ which contains 6 vowels and 7 consonants.

The sample space here will have all the letters of the word ASSASSINATION

So here n(S) = 13

(i) Let A be the event of selecting a vowel

n(A) = 6

(ii) Let A be the event of selecting the consonant

n(A)= 7