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A Letter is Chosen from the Word ‘Pencil’ What is the Probability that the Letter Chosen is a Consonant? - Mathematics

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A letter is chosen from the word ‘PENCIL’ what is the probability that the letter chosen is a consonant?

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Total no. of letters in the word ‘PENCIL = 6
Total Number of Consonant = ‘PNCL’ i.e. 4

P(E) = `"Total No. of consonants"/"Total No. of letters in the word PENCIL"`

= `4/6 = 2/3`

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अध्याय 23: Probability - Exercise 23 [पृष्ठ २५८]

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सेलिना Concise Mathematics [English] Class 8 ICSE
अध्याय 23 Probability
Exercise 23 | Q 4 | पृष्ठ २५८

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