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The letters in the word MISSISSIPPI are put into a bag. What is the probability of randomly selecting a consonant from the bag?
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The letters in the word MISSISSIPPI are put into a bag. What is the probability of randomly selecting a consonant from the bag?

User Krupal Patel
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A consonant is every other letter than the vowels *a, e, i, o, u.* There are 4 vowels and 7 consonant's. Put that as a ratio of consonants to vowels : 7 : 4.

7:4 is your probability. Hope I helped!
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4 out of 11 hope this helps

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