Question

A study conducted on 40,000 words in the English language found that about 6,670 words started with the letter T, which Is the most common
letter to start a word. If we randomly pick of 20 unique words, which of these lists of words will come closest to the theoretical probability of getting
a word beginning with T?

Answer 1

Answer:

To answer this problem, first let us calculate for the theoretical probability obtained from the study conducted:

Theoretical Probability = 6,670 / 40,000

Theoretical Probability = 0.16675 = 0.17

From the given choices, the list of words which can give this similar amount of probability is:

“to, sarcastic, epithet, for, less, corruptible, than, the, offspring, open, any, primary, loyalty, table, out, whom, example, who, mention, say”

In this set of words, the number of words starting with letter T is 4. Calculating for the probability of getting a word starting with T in this set is:

Sample probability = 4 / 20

Sample probability = 0.20

Step-by-step explanation: