Question

If one letter is chosen at random from the word combed, what is the probability that the letter chosen will be a "d"?

Fraction:

Decimal:

Percentage:

Likelihood of the event happening:

Answer 1

combed

The word combed has 6 letters, only 1 of which is the letter d.

So, the fraction is 1/6.

Dividing, if you round to the nearest hundredth, the decimal is 0.17.

Using the fraction again, if you multiply 1/6 by 100 to make it 100/6 and then round to the nearest hundredth, you get 16.67 %.

Likelihood of the event happening can be represented in any of the above ways shown above.