A teacher wrote the word TELEPHONE on the blackboard. What fraction of the letters are vowels?

$\frac{4}{9}$

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$\frac{3}{10}$

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$\frac{4}{10}$

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$\frac{3}{9}$

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Solution

The correct option is A
$\frac{4}{9}$

The total number of alphabets in TELEPHONE is 9.

There are 4 vowels in TELEPHONE(E,E,E,O).

Hence the fraction of the letters that are vowel is $\frac{4}{9}$ .

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A teacher wrote the word TELEPHONE on the blackboard. What fraction of the letters are vowels?

The correct option is A 49 The total number of alphabets in TELEPHONE is 9. There are 4 vowels in TELEPHONE(E,E,E,O). Hence the fraction of the letters that are vowel is 49.

The correct option is A
$\frac{4}{9}$

The total number of alphabets in TELEPHONE is 9.

There are 4 vowels in TELEPHONE(E,E,E,O).

Hence the fraction of the letters that are vowel is $\frac{4}{9}$ .