Five people (Antoine, Ben, Carla, Dexter, and Evelyn) form a club, N = {A, B, C, D, E). Carla and Evelyn are women, and the others are men. If theychoose a treasurer randomly, find the odds against a person whose name begins with a consonant becoming treasurer.The odds against a person whose name begins with a consonant becoming treasurer are(Type whole numbers.)to

Out of the five people, there are three whose names begin with a consonant (A, B, and D) and two…

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