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