Samuel selects one lettered tile at random from a bag that contains one of each letter of the alphabet. What is the probability that he'll select a vowel or a letter in his name?
(vowels are A, E, I, O, and U)

three twenty-sixths

five twenty-sixths

eight twenty-sixths

eleven twenty-sixths

Question

Samuel selects one lettered tile at random from a bag that contains one of each letter of the alphabet. What is the probability that he'll select a vowel or a letter in his name?
(vowels are A, E, I, O, and U)

 three twenty-sixths 

five twenty-sixths 

eight twenty-sixths 

eleven twenty-sixths

anonymous · Answer

Well, there are 5 vowels, and 26 letters in all, so what would be your answer?

anonymous · Answer

@AnswerMyQuestions do I subtract

anonymous · Answer

You don't do anything. You turn it into a fraction...

anonymous · Answer

With the number of vowels for the numerator, and the total number of letters in the alphabet for the denominator.

anonymous · Answer

@AnswerMyQuestions is it B?

anonymous · Answer

Yes.