a card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. find the probability of drawing a king or ared card.?
a card is drawn from a deck of 52 playing cards. find the probability of drawing a king or ared card.
7 Answers
- bonoboLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
There are 26 red cards, two of which are KINGS, The remaining two KINGS results
in a total of 26 + 2 = 28 possible draws.
P = 28 ⁄ 52 = 7 ⁄ 13 = 0.538
- minxLv 79 years ago
probability of a King = 4 / 52 = 1/ 13
probabiliity of a red card = 26/ 52 = 1/2
Prob of a king or a red card
1/ 13 + 1/2 =15 / 26
- 9 years ago
King would be a 4 out of 52 probability, or 1 out of 13
Red would be 26 out of 52, or 1 out of 2
Source(s): My head and math class - ComoLv 79 years ago
P ( A ) = P ( king ) = 4/52 = 1/13
P ( B ) = P ( red card ) = 1/2
P ( A U B ) = 1/13 + 1/2 - [ 1/26 ]
P ( A U B ) = 2/26 + 13/26 - [ 1/26 ]
P ( A U B ) = 14/26 = 7/13
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- AlisonLv 44 years ago
Since you have already pulled a red card (heart), that leaves the following scenario 26 black cards out of 51 cards remaining. P = 26/51