SOLUTION: A letter is chosen at random from the English Alphabet, find the probability that the letter a) is a vowel exclusive of Y b) is listed ahead of the letter J c) is listed somew

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Question 1078016: A letter is chosen at random from the English Alphabet, find the probability that the letter
a) is a vowel exclusive of Y
b) is listed ahead of the letter J
c) is listed somewhere after the letter G.

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 26 letters with 5 vowels {A,E,I,O,U}
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a) P=5%2F26
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J is the 10th letter so ahead (before J) would be 9 letters,
b) P=9%2F26
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G is the seventh letter so there are 19 letters after it.
c) P=19%2F26