Question

6. A magician plays a game using a full deck of cards. This includes 4 each of aces, numbers 2-10, jacks,queens, and kings. What is the probability that an even numbered card will not be selected?

please explain and show work.

Answer 1

in each suit of 13 cards, there are 5 even cards. That means, there are 8 others.

So, P(~even) = 8/13