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The Hawaiian language has 12 letters: five vowels and seven consonants. Each of the 12 Hawaiian letters are written on a slip of paper and placed in the bag. A letter is randomly chosen from the bag and then replaced. Then, a second letter is randomly chosen from the bag.

What is the probability that two vowels are chosen?

StartFraction 5 Over 72 EndFraction
StartFraction 25 Over 144 EndFraction
StartFraction 7 Over 12 EndFraction
Five-sixths

Answer 1

25/144

Explanation:

The probability of it occurring once is 5/12, which means that the probability of it occurring twice is (5/12 x 5/12) = 25/144.