A letter is to be picked at random from the English alphabet. If each letter is equally likely to be selected, what is the probability of selecting a consonant? Consonants are letters except for a, e, i, o, and u. Write your answer in the simplest form of fraction.(1 point)
There are a total of 26 letters in the English alphabet.
Out of these, there are 21 consonants (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z) and 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, u).
The probability of selecting a consonant is given by the number of favorable outcomes (21) divided by the total number of possible outcomes (26).
Therefore, the probability of selecting a consonant is 21/26.