Find the ratio of number of vowels in the word’ MISSISSIPPI’ to the number of consonants in the simplest form.

Question

Philoid · Accepted Answer

The number of vowels in the word’ MISSISSIPPI’ = 4(I) = 4

The number of consonants in the word’ MISSISSIPPI’ = (1M,4S,2P) = 7

Or

The number of vowels in the word’ MISSISSIPPI’ = (I) = 1

The number of consonants in the word’ MISSISSIPPI’ = (M,S,P) = 3

∴ The ratio is 4:7 or 1:3