Question

find the probability of choosing a letter other than the letter i from a bag that contains the sixteen letters of the name gottfried leibniz. express your answer as a fraction in lowest terms or a decimal rounded to the nearest millionth.

Answer 1

The probability of choosing a letter other than 'i' from the given bag is 15/16 or 0.9375.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the probability of choosing a letter other than the letter 'i' from a bag that contains the sixteen letters of the name 'gottfried leibniz', we need to determine the total number of possible outcomes and the number of favorable outcomes.

The total number of letters in the name 'gottfried leibniz' is 16. Since we are not selecting the letter 'i', there are 15 other letters that we can choose from.

Therefore, the probability of choosing a letter other than 'i' is 15/16 or 0.9375 when rounded to the nearest millionth.