HEREDITY
BASICS OF PROBABILITY
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Question
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Given a standard deck of cards, what is the probability of randomly choosing a Club?
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1/5
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1/2
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26/52 or 1/2
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13/52 or 1/4
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -First, there are 52 cards in the deck, so the total number of outcomes is 52. But there are only 13 spades and 13 clubs, so that is the sample space. The probability of getting a spade, P(Spade), is 13/52 or 0.2500. Same for the probability of getting a club, P(Club) = 13/52 or 0.2500.
Detailed explanation-2: -(ie divide by 13*12*11*10….. *3*2*1). 13! evaluates to 6, 227, 020, 800 and therefore the total number of ways of selecting 13 cards from 52 is about
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