Question

PLEASE HELP SCHOOL STARTS TOMORROW 15 POINTS All of the letters that spell Mississippi are put into a bag. What is the probability of selecting a vowel and then after replacing the letter also drawing an s

Answer 1

There are 11 total letters.

4 are vowels, 4 are s's

Picking a vowel is 4 out of 11, written as 4/11

Picking an s is also 4/11

picking a vowel , then picking an s would be 4/11 x 4/11 = 16/121 probability.

Answer 2

$\frac{4}{11}$
is the probability of selecting a vowel.
$\frac{4}{11}$
is the probability of selecting a letter S.

4/11 * 4/11 = 16/121