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 red card face card?
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13/52 or 1/4
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26/52 or 1/2
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12/52 or 3/13
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6/52 or 3/26
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Hence, the probability of drawing a red face card from a deck of cards is 3/26. Q. A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled deck of playing cards.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a deck of 52 cards, there are 12 face cards i.e., 6 red and 6 black cards. So, probability of getting a red face card =652=326.
Detailed explanation-3: -So there are 26 red cards and 6 black face cards, or a total of 32, out of 52 cards in the deck. The probability is just the ratio of these numbers, 32/52 = 16/26 = 8/13, or just over 61.538%.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are 26 red cards in a deck (diamonds + hearts)
Detailed explanation-5: -12/52 = 3/13 A red card or a card showing a 5 is drawn.
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