Q:

A company uses a computer program to create coupon codes for customers to use on its website. The codes are made up from the symbols !, #, &, and *, as well as any letter from the alphabet.The company uses the program to make a code, one character at a time.What is the probability the first character is a symbol?Enter your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest hundredth in the box.

Accepted Solution

A:
So there are 26 letters in the alphabet and 4 symbols here. If you calculate 4 out of 26, that would equal 15.38% or 0.15.