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Question 432504: Need help with this problem, thank you for your time and consideration.
21. Each capital letter of the alphabet is carefully printed on a piece of paper in block-letter form and placed in a bowl.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
An individual piece of paper is selected from the bowl.
What is the probability that
a. the letter is a consonant?
b. the letter is formed from straight-line segments only?
c. the letter has an enclosed region in its representation?
Answer by rwm(914) About Me  (Show Source):
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a There are 21 consonants and 5 vowels
21/26
b count the letters with only straight line segments
AEFHIK etc
LMNTVW
XYZ
15/26
c count the letters with enclosed regions
ABDOPR
6/26