Question

Find the experimental probability of getting the letter e when a letter is drawn at random from this text:

In English, the letter e appears most frequently among alphabetical characters. In these lines, it appears eighteen times.

Note: Exclude spaces and punctuation marks from your analysis.

a 10.00%

b 15.35%

c 17.82%

d 18.20%

e 20.00%

Answer 1

count the number of e's in the text. Also count the total number of all the letters.

Answer 2

the probability = number of e's * 100
-------------------
total number of letters

Answer 3

oh! it says it appears 18 times So take that number

Answer 4

I got c.

Answer 5

yea 18 / 101
i agree

Answer 6

Thanks.

Answer 7

* 100 = 17.82 %

Answer 8

yw