Multiple choice

If a student is picked randomly from a class of 40 students, what is the probability that his name starts with a vowel? Assume that there is no bias towards name starting with any letter.

  1. 5/40

  2. 1/40

  3. 5/26

  4. 5/21

  5. None of the above

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Since there is no bias towards any letter, this is the right answer because there are 5 vowels out of 26 letters in the English.

The number of students is not a multiple of 26 but still the exact probability will be close to this.