Marcus writes each letter in the word congratulations on a separate piece of paper and places all the letters in an envelope. If he draws a letter from the envelope, what is the probability he draws a consonant?

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Answer: 3/5

Step-by-step explanation:

Marcus writes every letter in the word CONGRATULATIONS on a piece of paper.

The word CONGRATULATIONS is made up of 9 consonants and 6 vowels.

Number of vowels in congratulations= 6

Number of consonants in congratulations= 9

Total number of words in congratulations= 6+9 = 15

Probability of drawing a consonant will be the number of consonants divided by the total number of words:

= 9/15

= 3/5.

Answer:

Answer: 3/5

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